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) moulting into 3rd cycle (3CY), July 02 2013, Japan. Picture: Eriko Japan.

Please visit Eriko's photostream on Flickr.

Front bird is 3CY, in active complete moult. P1-P3 are new 3rd gen primaries (pattern like in adults with white tips), P7-P10 still 2nd gen. Secondaries and tail also worn 2nd gen.