This is the third of five different Iceland Gulls seen together with one 3cy putative Kumlien's, four 2cy and one 3cy Glaucous and one 2cy Viking Gull in Hvide Sande Harbour in one day...
It is identified as a glaucoides Iceland Gull despite some shadowing in the primaries. Although stippled, the pattern of pale and dark in the primaries is not matching that of a classic Kumlien’s Gull as the faint dark shading on the outer webs of the outer primaries is broken before reaching the very tip even though there are some distal pigmentation.
However, the ID is to be considered tentative as the criteria for Kumlien’s Gull in Europe are being discussed at present. The need to clarify the ID characters has become a must following this winters massive occurrence of white-winged gull on this side of the Atlantic including classic Kumlien’s and Iceland Gulls, but also several types of what people believe is dark-pigmented glaucoides-types rather than true Kumlien’s Gulls.
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