SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN BIRDS PHOTO GALLERY

Trinidad & Tobago Field Naturalists' Club    Southeastern Caribbean Bird Alert    Trinidad & Tobago Rare Bird Committee

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)     first year     second year     third/fourth year      ADULT

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Basic plumaged adult with Laughing Gulls (L atricilla) at San Fernando, Trinidad, 18 October 2002 (A) and 9 December 2001 (B-C). Photos © by Russ Jones (A) and Floyd Hayes (B-C). The absence of white-tipped primaries suggest that they were worn off, or may be indicative of a fourth-winter immature. The dark grey back contrasting with the black wingtips and the streaked head are diagnostic of the southern subspeciesL. f. graellsii, which is the only race recorded thus far in the southeastern Caribbean region.