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, October 02 2007, Isohama, Tsuri-shihama, Japan. Picture: Shigenobu Aizawa.

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Last stage of complete moult, with P8 fully grown, P9-P10 growing. Note white tongue tips on primaries. Pale iris, pink orbital ring.