nominate Lesser Black-backed Gull (L. f. fuscus)

(last update: 10-2-2011)

Larus fuscus fuscus 2cy, April 08 2011, Ashdod. Picture Amir Ben Dov.

Flight feathers still juvenile. Scapulars and almost all wing-coverts replaced, except outer gc and feathers in the carpal edge. Mc, llc and lc, and most scapulars are already worn, which suggests these feathers were moulted somewhere mid-winter.