Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
16th October 2002 Sakawagawa-river Odawara Kanagawa Japan
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Juv/1stwinter. Primaries are brownish, not black.
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Same bird as above. But in this situation, it looks blackish like Vega Gulls because of the light condition.
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A diffrent individual.
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Vega Gull (left), Slaty-backed Gull (right)
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A dark individual resembling simithsonianus. But the primaries are not really blackish in better light.
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Adult winter.