Hi Guys,
I have just seen a basically juvenile plumaged gull, which, in my opinion share features of both cachinnans and marinus.
If this is a CG then can it be a pure one with plumage and moult stage like that?
If it shows hybridish characters then what species the parents might be?
One thing for sure, when I soptted the gull sitting facing towards me from about 200-250ms I was almost sure that it was going to be a weak-billed 1st-winter GBBG..then it stood up and I wasn't sure anymore.
Thanks for any comment!
Cheers,
Gabor
Ps: Sorry for the quality, temperatures have been hovering around 20 Celsius lately...
Another interesting gull from Hungary
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Re: Another interesting gull from Hungary
hi gabor,
can't have marinus parent with such a compact black tail band. my guess is cachinnans x argentatus.
lou
can't have marinus parent with such a compact black tail band. my guess is cachinnans x argentatus.
lou
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Re: Another interesting gull from Hungary
Hi Lou,lou bertalan wrote:hi gabor,
can't have marinus parent with such a compact black tail band. my guess is cachinnans x argentatus.
lou
Thanks for the quick reply!
How infrequent are CGs with only very few scapulars replaced by mid-November? I don't think I can recall any since I have been watching and photographing gulls.
Cheers,
Gabor