Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
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First-calendar year Black-headed Gull H-H, November 19, 2011, Oosterpark, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (52.21N 4.55E). Photo: Maarten van Kleinwee.
Ringed as 1st-calendar year, Oosterpark, Amsterdam, (52.21N, 4.55E), November 2011.
In first-alternate (first-winter) plumage. Most of the lesser coverts, median coverts, greater coverts and tertials #1, #2, and #3 have been replaced by adult-looking second-generation feathers.
The head is adult looking with a small ear spot and no or only faint head bands. The bill and legs are dull orange.
Below: Black-headed Gull, 3rd calendar year, H-H, April 2, 2013, Oosterpark, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (52.21N, 4.55E). Photo: Anders Svensson.
Ringed as 1st-calendar year, Oosterpark, Amsterdam, (52.21N, 4.55E), November 2011.
In pre-alternate moult, moulting to alternate (breeding) plumage. The brown hood is about 99% complete.
