nominate Lesser Black-backed Gull (L. f. fuscus)(last update: |
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Amir Ben Dov (Israel) Hannu Koskinen (Finland) Mars Muusse (the Netherlands) fuscus 1cy July fuscus 2cy Jan fuscus 3cy Jan fuscus 4cy Jan fuscus ad Jan |
Larus fuscus ssp? 5CY HT-274.520 April 11 2014, Ashdod. Picture Amir Ben Dov. Adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, ringed as pullus on June 30 2010 at Finnish west-coast near the city of Rauma, Finland. Ringed by Ari Rantamäki. Obvious paler bird, possibly some intermedius influence? From this Finnish location at the west coast it is possible that very low numbers of intermedius breed here. A Finnish ringer siad ""Our west coast is not clean fuscus fuscus area". In the 2014 BirdLife breeding survey only one breeding pair of paler backed birds was recorded near Tampere; and singlke individuals were recrded, but not in any colony.
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