Herring Gull (argentatus & argenteus)

(last update: February 11, 2013)

Herring Gull argentatus adult, April 04 2014, Pori, Finland. Picture: Petteri Mäkelä.

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Herring Gull argentatus with yellow legs (although leg colour changes with position) and red orbital ring. Subterminal band on P10 broken on outerweb. Pale tongue on underside of P10 not gradually reaches innerweb edge, but rather angular, still leaving broad medial band. Medium mirror on P9. Band on P5 broken at shaft.