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

(last update: 21-12-2009)

Larus fuscus fuscus 4+cy female J303, July 2005 & June 2007, Horsvær, Nordland (65.19.09 N - 11.38.02 E), Norway. Picture: Morten Helberg.

J303, ringed as adult female on the nest, in 2005. Jet-black adult nominate fuscus, breeding on Horsvær, Nordland. This Archipelago contains a pure population of such dark fuscus birds. Picture below illustrates type of breeding habitat for this colony.

More information about migration strategies in Norwegian fuscus and the ringing programme in the three northern counties of Norway: Nordland, Troms and Finnmark, can be found here: The summary for juveniles can be found in the fuscus 1cy October section, the summary for adults can be found in the fuscus adult October section.
Morten Helberg, Geir Systad, Ingve Birkeland, Nils Lorentzen & Jan Bustnes published an article about this research in Ardea 97, 2009, titled: Migration patterns of adult and juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gulls Larus fuscus from northern Norway. The complete PDF can be found HERE.

above: 4+cy female J303, July 15 2005, Hortavær, Nordland, Norway. Picture: Morten Helberg.

below: 4+cy female J303, June 21 2007, Hortavær, Nordland, Norway. Picture: Morten Helberg.