Steppe Gull Larus (c?)
barabensis; I am using the English name that
Lars Jonsson suggested be reserved for this form, as it is the
taxon that breeds on the true Kirgiz and Baraba Steppes. I realise
that some European committees use this name to refer to cachinnans/ponticus,
but I feel that the more-widely used name of Caspian Gull is
more appropriate for this. All images were taken by me in Bahrain
in early March 1999 (unless stated otherwise). Note that all
identifications of birds in Bahrain are tentative,
and the terms "light", "medium", and "dark"
are used to indicate the relative amount of black in the outer
wing:
:first-cycle (mostly) gulls from Bahrain in 1999 : added link 01/20/07
: an adult (flying) ; a rather
"light" bird
: an adult (standing) ;
: an adult (standing) ;
: an adult (flying) ; a "dark"
bird
: an adult (standing) ;
: an adult (standing) ;
: an adult (standing) ; a dark-eyed,
cachinnans-like bird
: an adult (standing) ;
: an adult (standing) ;
: an adult (flying) ; an armenicus-like
"dark" bird
: an adult (upper primaries) ; a somewhat
armenicus-like "dark" bird
: an adult (flying) ; a typical example
of a "dark" bird
: an adult (flying) ; a "medium"
bird
: a group of 10+ adults and subadults
(standing) ;
: a comparison of an adult and a subadult
(standing) ;
: an adult (standing) ; a rather short-billed
individual
: two 2nd-basic/alternates (standing)
; very few such birds were seen in Bahrain
: a 2nd-basic (flying) ; -
added 01/27/01
: an adult (flying) ; with odd mirrors
- added 01/27/01
: two adult-alternates (standing);
from Oman in late February - added 06/04/00
: five adult-alternates (standing,
flying); (Id. uncertain) from Iran in late February - added 06/05/00 |