Herring Gull (argentatus & argenteus)

(last update: February 11, 2013)

Slaty-backed Gull schistisagus adult, January 02 2010, Choshi, Japan. Picture: Chris Gibbins.

Bird in very direct sunlight. Upperparts tone paler than Great Black-backed Gull, matching intermedius Lesser Black-backed Gull, hence fraction darker than graellsii. Much black in the wingtip.