Vega Gull (vegae) / セグロカモメ / 재갈매기

(last update: December 2015)

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Vega Gull (vegae) adult, February 25 2011, Imperial Palace - Tokyo, Japan. Picture: Michiaki Ujihara.

Please visit Osao's & Michiaki's gull website for tons of excellent images.

Presumed Vega Gull with white head?  This type of birds are often very problematic in separation from Mongolian Gull. In this case, lacking of black spot to the bill, mottling on hindneck widely connecting to upper back in late February, the lack of  black markings on P4, short-winged, stubby overall structure do not seem typical for Mongolian Gull.