Black-tailed Gull (crassirostris) / ウミネコ / 괭이갈매기

(last update: December 2015)

Coordinators:
Kim Seog-min (South Korea)
Hideo Shimura (Japan)
Peter Adriaens (Belgium)
Mars Muusse (Netherlands)

Black-tailed Gull (crassirostris) 4th basic moult / 4CY October - December

Birds at the end of the complete moult. When birds are lacking any old feathers with immature features, it will become very difficult to exactly age all individuals.

Black-tailed Gull (crassirostris) sub-adult, October 12 2016, Chidiwa Unzen city, Nagasaki, Japan. Picture: Nobuo Fukushima.
Black-tailed Gull (crassirostris) sub-adult, October 11 2015, Chidiwa Unzen city, Nagasaki, Japan. Picture: Nobuo Fukushima.
Black-tailed Gull (crassirostris) sub-adult, December 10 2014, Chidiwa Unzen city, Nagasaki, Japan. Picture: Nobuo Fukushima.