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)

crassirostris rings
crassirostris PDFs

1CY July-Sept
1CY Oct-Dec

2CY Jan-March
2CY April-June
2CY July-Sept
2CY Oct-Dec

3CY Jan-March
3CY April-June
3CY July-Sept
3CY Oct-Dec

sub-ad Jan-March
sub-ad April-June
sub-ad July-Sept
sub-ad Oct-Dec

adult Jan-March
adult April-June
adult July-Sept
adult Oct-Dec

Black-tailed Gull (crassirostris) 2nd cycle / 3CY April - June

Birds in late 2nd cycle plumage. In spring, start of the complete moult, including moult of all flight feathers. This will bring birds in full adult plumage.

 Black-tailed Gull (crassirostris) 2nd cycle (3CY), May 30 2010, Tobishima Island, Sea of Japan. Picture: Graham Ekins.
Black-tailed Gull (crassirostris) 2nd cycle (3CY), April 04 2014, Chidiwa Unzen city, Nagasaki, Japan. Picture: Nobuo Fukushima.
Black-tailed Gull (crassirostris) 2nd cycle (3CY), April 11 2016, Chidiwa Unzen city, Nagasaki, Japan. Picture: Nobuo Fukushima.