Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides), Lake Pleasant, Yavapai County

This Iceland Gull was photographed by Mary McSparen on 12 November 2019

Casual in Arizona with less than 20 accepted records. The majority are from the lower Colorado River Valley and if accepted by the ABC this would represent the first record for Yavapai County. All Arizona records are of the recently lumped thayeri subspecies.

Smaller than the average Herring Gull (compare with the Ring-billed Gulls it is with) with largely brown plumage. Brown primaries with paler edgings. Small bill and rounded head. In flight it shows the pale underwing caused by the inner webs of the primaries being paler than the outer webs.

12 November 2019, photo by Mary McSparen

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