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("Baraba") Steppe Gull (barabensis)
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DESCRIPTION:
("Baraba") STEPPE GULL(...) barabensis
| BILL SHAPE: rather variable but generally appearing proportionately longer and thinner than armenicus; gon angle usually small | ||||
| HEAD SHAPE: ... | ||||
| WING EXTENSTION: ... | ||||
| POSTURE/HABITS: in many ways (size and plumage) intermediate between cachinaans and heuglini (thought to be a well-defined hybrid swarm of the two), thus smaller than the former and larger than the latter | ||||
| FIRST WINTER | SECOND WINTER | THIRD WINTER | ADULT WINTER | |
| BILL COLOR: | ... | ... | ... | bright yellow w/ orange-red gon. spot; may or may not have dark mark on upper mand. |
| LEG COLOR: | ... | ... | ... | bright yellow |
| IRIS/ORB RING: | dark | ... | ... | most are pale yellow, but a minority have dark eyes; orb ring usually orange-red |
| HEAD: | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| UNDERPARTS: | ... | ... | ... | white |
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PRIMARIES (folded): |
... | ... | ... | ... |
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PRIMARIES (in flight): |
... | ... | ... | medium mirror on P10, separated from tip by thick black band; half w/ small mirror on P9; black markings to P3 or P4 (less often only to P5); dark area medium gray from below. |
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SECONDARIES (in flight): |
... | ... | ... | ... |
| TERTIALS: | ... | ... | ... | adult gray w/ white cresent about 1/2 to 3/4 bill length |
| GREATER COVERTS: | ... | ... | ... | adult gray |
| LESSER & MED COVERTS: | ... | ... | ... | adult gray |
| SCAPULARS: | ... | ... | ... | adult gray w/ small white crescent |
| BACK: | ... | ... | ... | adult gray is med slate gray w/ brownish tinge, obviously lighter than heug, slightly darker than taim. |
| RUMP: | ... | ... | ... | white |
| TAIL: | ... | ... | ... | white |
The was table created by Steve Hampton and is intended to futher our knowledge of gull identification.
Please email me at
shampton@ospr.dfg.ca.gov if you have any suggestions for updating or improving this table. Thanks.