ML645858888
Caspian x European Herring Gull (hybrid) Larus cachinnans x argentatus
Contributor
Peter Wijnsouw Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Zeebrugge - strand westdam
West-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, Belgium
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Plumage entirely adult as far as I could tell (edit: there's about three dark covert tips visible so maybe not entirely). A good contender for a hybrid Caspian x herring imo: Caspian-like greenish-yellow bill (colour identical to the 3rd cycle Casp next to it) but gonys just a bit deeper in direct comparison and head a bit rounder, more herring-like, with a notably pale iris (which isn't impossible for Casp of course). Shows a Caspian-like scarf from the side, but there's thin streaking around the eye reaching to the hindcrown, connecting to the scarf. Legs flesh-coloured. Failed to get flight shots or any pictures of the spread wing, sadly.
Additional species
Technical information
- Model
- iPhone XR
- Lens
- iPhone XR back camera 4.25mm f/1.8
- ISO
- 50
- Focal length
- 4.3 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/1.8
- Shutter speed
- 1/121 sec
- Dimensions
- 2267 pixels x 3022 pixels
- Original file size
- 1 MB