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) adult, November 24 2009, Chidiwa Unzen city, Nagasaki, Japan. Picture: Nobuo Fukushima.

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P10 still growing. Black sub-terminal marings on P2-P10. Note dark centres on primary coverts, probably also present in perfect adult birds.