Mew Gull Larus canus canus; heinei; kamtschatschensis; brachyrhynchus

(last update: March 12, 2012)

Mew Gull brachyrhynchus adult, June 19 2007, Nome, Alaska, USA. Picture: Glen Tepke.

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Note long pale tongues on P9 and P8, with obvious white tongue-tips on outer primaries up to P9 (string of pearls).