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) 4th cycle (4CY), October 02 2007, Isohama, Tsuri-shihama, Japan. Picture: Shigenobu Aizawa.

Please visit Aizawa's Blog for many more pictures!

Last stage of complete moult, with P7 fully grown, P8-P9 growing and P10 still old 3rd gen (white mirror). Note broad white trailing edge on the old secondaries, exposed now the central GC are dropped. Pale iris.