Larus fuscus fuscus adult, February 26 2011, Ashdod, Israel. Picture Amir Ben Dov.
Dark at gonydeal angle and cutting edge. Head streaking concentrated in the hind-neck. In all respects adult-like plumage, with P9-P10 still growing. PMS = 47. Also active moult in innermost secondaries (ordinary sequence of moult; gap just closing). |