Another interesting gull

[totoguti]

Hi all:
Yesterday October 21th at Alba beach, Arteixo, A Coruña, NW Spain, my friend Xabier Varela saw this nice bird.
A very very dark bird. Only a bit larger than our small lusi (poss. a female...). Could be this bird identified as a dark end of glaucous or are we looking another "viking"?....
All the best
Antonio

Look at the dark overall aspect

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Very dark exposed primaries

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dark background color, Head, belly, head and tail feathers

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Bulky structure

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[adriaens]

Wow, nice bird!
This is indeed another 'Viking Gull'. Good stuff!

[totoguti]

Hi again:
Thanks a lot for your comments Peter.
It´s amazing becouse we are not in "White gulls time".... And no big storm yet....
probably associated to Icelandic fuscus....
All the best
Antonio