Slaty-backed Gull (schistisagus) / オオセグロカモメ / 큰재갈매기

(last update: December 2015)

Coordinators:
Kim Seog-min (South Korea)
Hideo Shimura (Japan)
Peter Adriaens (Belgium)
Mars Muusse (Netherlands)

Slaty-backed Gull (schistisagus) adult, December 25 2013, Shibetsu Harbor, Shibetsu, Hokkaido, Japan. Picture: Ian Davies.

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Small gonys spot, pale yellow base on bill and yellow iris with much speckling. Broad tertial crescents and secondary tips. Mirror on P10, but not on P9. Note string of pearls (white tongue tips) on outer primaries. Heavily marked head.