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) 2nd cycle (2CY), November 26 2007, Chidiwa Unzen city, Nagasaki, Japan. Picture: Nobuo Fukushima.

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2nd gen flight feathers. All scaps replaced to adult-grey feathers. Note yellowish tinge in bill and iris turning paler. Upper tertials and several wing-coverts recently replaced in partial autumn moult, replacing them for greyish adult like feathers.