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) sub-adult, September 04 2011, Shikotan - Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. Picture: Dmitry Kulakov.

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Note old brown coverts, mixed with fresh grey feathers. Bird in complete moult: P8-P10 old.