Vega Gull (vegae) / セグロカモメ / 재갈매기(last update: December 2015) |
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Vega Gull (vegae) adult, December 14 2006, Miura Kanagawa, Japan. Picture: Michiaki Ujihara.Please visit Osao's & Michiaki's gull website for tons of excellent images. Note the moult in the outermost primaries by mid-December, and note also the heavily mottled head and breast on these birds. From this group, only two adult birds had completed the primary moult, among 52 adults and sub-adults. |