white winged gulls

[marsmuusse]

Dark glauco from Scheveningen (Holland)



on: http://www.gull-research.org/glaucoides/1cyiceland.html

References:
Lofoten, very N of Norway, many pictures:

http://www.tringa.no/pages/gull-news.html

Mars

[marsmuusse]

Some Canadian birds:

http://www.jeaniron.ca/Gulls/htmgulls/Iceland.htm

Mars

[marsmuusse]

Kumlien's

http://www.jeaniron.ca/Gulls/htmgulls/k ... arkham.htm

Mars

[marsmuusse]

Kumlien's in California:

http://www.geocities.com/californiakuml ... _2006.html

Mars

[marsmuusse]

Norway:

http://cyberbirding.uib.no/gull/ind_gg.php

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[marsmuusse]

Kumlien's uit New England (USA):

http://keenbirding.com/Gulls2/kumliensgulls.html

Mars

[Derek Charles]

Hello Mars.
A selection of similar birds from Ireland. The extremely dark body wash and all dark bill of your bird is towards the extreme end for Iceland and makes for a very striking individual. The wash on the primaries is mealy/spotted unlike the smooth wash on Kumliens and is typical of "coarse" type Icelands. The coarse tertials are also typical and would be unusual although not unknown on Kumliens. Interestingly we do not recieve "coarse" Icelands regularly every winter and they seem prone to influx years, why this is i am not sure?. Very nice bird but within range of Iceland on current knowledge.

Derek

[Hans Larsson]

Some Iceland gulls from... Iceland...

http://www.pbase.com/hans_larsson/glauc ... 0&page=all

/Hans

[JanJ]

Some great pic. by Hans!

In most of the 2cy (first cycle), birds the pale outer primaries contrast with darker inners (usually reversed in kumlieni if not pale winged glaucoides like individuals - http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lZfSFoZeDLc/S ... light4.jpg)

The ones with dark outer webs of outer outer primaries contrasting with pale inners might be good kumlieni candidates.

Jan

[lou bertalan]

hi,

new pics of 1st cycle kumlieni from new foundland on dave brown's blog: http://birdingnewfoundland.blogspot.com ... inter.html

lou