white Gull who can ID this bird? (1 Viewer)

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weissnix

REMO

• Mar 11, 2006

• #1

Hello
the pic was taken a few days ago at the german baltic-sea coast.
The bird seems to be a little smaller then a black-headed Gull.
Thanks

 

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martin kitching

Obsessed seawatcher

• Mar 11, 2006

• #2

weissnix said:

Hello
the pic was taken a few days ago at the german baltic-sea coast.
The bird seems to be a little smaller then a black-headed Gull.
Thanks

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It looks like a leucistic Black-headed Gull. As it's colour-ringed then, assuming it was obviously leucistic as a nestling, someone will actually know where the bird was born. I'm not sure where BHG are being colour-ringed though.

martin

 

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Steve Lister

Senior Birder, ex County Recorder, Garden Moths.

• Mar 11, 2006

• #3

Agree with Martin that it is a Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus but I suspect that it might be an escaped collection bird judging by the type of coloured rings.

Steve

 

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J Jones

Well-known member

• Mar 11, 2006

• #4

Agreed with Steve - my thoughts about those rings are that it is surely from a collection...?

 

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stonechat1

New member

• Mar 12, 2006

• #5

Seem´s that somebody need a confirmation of my ID ;-)
Best regards, stonechat1

 

StuartReeves

Local rarity

• Mar 12, 2006

• #6

Steve Lister said:

Agree with Martin that it is a Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus but I suspect that it might be an escaped collection bird judging by the type of coloured rings.

Steve

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Yes, the absence of a metal ring is strange. I wonder if it might actually be a leucistic Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae) rather than a Black-headed.

Stuart

 

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stonechat1

New member

• Mar 12, 2006

• #7

StuartReeves said:

Yes, the absence of a metal ring is strange. I wonder if it might actually be a leucistic Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae) rather than a Black-headed.
Stuart

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The absence of a metal ring shows, for me, that the gull wasn´t banded by scientific ringers. So far as I know they put allways a metal ring of the research - center on one leg and aditionaly color - rings. Also the color rings on this gull are made in a stile which use poultry-breeders and not bird ringers.
On other pictures in the web from this bird you can recognise a dark patch above the left eye what, in my eyes, shows that the gull wear in normal colored plumage a hood.

The Silver Gull have a different bill shape and a prominent gonys what I can´t find on this bird. Also I don´t think that
somebody in europe keep gulls from australia and new zealand

Conclusion: Leucistic Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)

Stonechat1

 

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weissnix

REMO

• Mar 12, 2006

• #8

As mentioned above there are more pics available at this link:
http://www.vogelforen.de/showthread.php?t=106903
(german page)
Best regards