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) 2nd cycle (2CY), July 12 2004, Chukotka, Russian Federation. Picture: Tuomo Jaakkonen.

Active complete moult, moulting to 2nd cycle. Most coverts and tertials old juvenile, worn and bleached to whitish. Old 2nd gen scaps also bleached. New MC growing in, tips just visible. Old juvenile tail, outer primaries and secondaries bleached. Dark iris and dark bill.