1st winter
Vega Gull Larus vegae
March 7th 2005 Choshi Chiba Japan

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The right bird is a Slaty-backed Gull

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A darkish individual. The sleeping bird is a Slaty-backed Gull.

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A slimmer bird with thin and sharp streaking on head-neck. Some medium/greater coverts have already been replaced . I felt this bird might be a 'taimyrensis' (-also called a western bird of Vega Gull?), though I could not observe it in detail.

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A whitish individual. I feel this might be a mongolicus.


Note the whitish axillary.

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Mongolian Gull index page
Japanese Gull Site
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