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!st winter Gull BRB, germany (1 Viewer)

fabalis

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1st winter Gull BRB, germany

Hi, what is your opinion about left bird? 18.01.2013 B :)

Cheers - f.
 

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if there is cachi-influence in it (quite likely in brandenburg polulations, but now we have winter), it isn't obvious in plumage. argentatus variation includes all reminencences of putative cachinnans characters of this bird like paler head, swan-like neck (it is stretched!), paler greater coverts tips etc.- so,. if there is cachi blood in it, we wouldn't be able to prove so without a ring on the bird's leg...;)
 
Ok, thanks a lot! :t: I particularly wondered at long bill and its shape and long tibia as well as dark wing-bar (outer GC) and tertial-pattern...

Cheers - f.
 
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