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) sub-adult, June 22 2014, Hachinohe-shi, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Picture: Dyeworks.

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Complete moult just started: P1 shed in right wing, P1-P2 shed in left wing. Note black centres on secondaries, but also note large white tips on tail.