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 05 2014, Matsuhama - Niigata, Japan. Picture: Masayuki Kurose.

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Bird in complete moult with outer primaries still old 2nd gen. Note pale iris and many grey incoming coverts.