Larus fuscus fuscus adult, December 23 2011, Ashdod, Israel. Picture Amir Ben Dov.
Adult fuscus, in active primary moult: P1-P6 new, P7 growing, P8 missing, P9-P10 old. Also active moult in rectrices (tail looking short as all feathers still growing) and secondaries (secondary moult just started with S1 new and S2 growing). This is very much a standard ordinary moult strategy regarding "complete / basic moult".


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