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Ring-billed Gull (31)

Larus delawarensis

BobTour

Canada (Québec)

Date taken: Sep 30 2022

Details: immature, summer plummage

Date uploaded: Oct 8 2022

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Ring-billed Gull (31)

Larus delawarensis

BobTour

Canada (Québec)

Details: juvenile, summer plummage

Date uploaded: Sep 30 2022

Comments (1):
Chris: Nice lighting Bob

Ring-billed Gull (31)

Larus delawarensis

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Nov 19 2021

Details: adult

Cornwall - One thing is for sure with birds, you always have to be ready for surprises. This is a Ring-billed Gull with excessive melanin in its genes, something that occurs far less frequently in birds than leucism, where there is a deficiency in colours, usually melanin. We know this is an adult because it was reported two years ago in the same area and looked exactly the same at that time. This is the first bird of any kind that I have encountered with such a condition. Leucistic birds (pale or white feathers) are more commonly found.

Date uploaded: Nov 27 2021

Comments (3):
Chris: That’s quite a story. I wonder if the bird has bred and what offspring would look like.
Ahmad Shah: Great capture.