This section is devoted to one hundred mostly 2CY large gulls from Bahrain in March. Many were photographed at the Municipal Landfill (above), while others were at loafing sites along the coast. Based on the ratio of adult birds (and I acknowledge that this may not be an accurate method), 80%+ of the large gulls are barabensis, with cachinnans/ponticus at about 12% and heuglini at about 7% (ichthyaetus and fuscus were also present in Bahain in small numbers, but almost never seen at the landfill). All images were taken by me in Bahrain in early March of 1999. NOTE: I did have a photographic bias towards birds with darkish underwings, thus these images are not a truly random sample. I would be very pleased to receive comments on the identity of these birds; please refer to the unique image number(s) - thank you:

: Group one; numbers 01 - 16
: Group two; numbers 17 - 30
: Group three; numbers 31 - 47 - added August 15, 2000
: Group four; numbers 48 - 59 - added August 17, 2000
: Group five; numbers 60 - 82 - added August 20, 2000
: Group six; numbers 83 - 100 - added August 20, 2000
: adults of four different taxa; but what is species is the fourth one?