Gulls (Laridae)
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) - HBW 3, p. 602
French: Goéland à queue noire
German: Japanmöwe
Spanish: Gaviota Japonesa
Other common names: Temminck's Gull (Russia)
Taxonomy: Larus crassirostris Vieillot, 1818, Nagasaki, Japan.
Relationships unclear; some analyses place present species closest to L. hemprichii, others to L. heermanni. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Russia (S Kuril Is, Sakhalin, Popov I, Moneron I, Peter the Great Bay), Japan, Korea and E China (Shandong). More widespread in winter, occurring S to N East China Sea.
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A second winter/second summer bird (3cy), preening on the coast, lateral views. Locality Qinghuangdao, Hebei, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Mark Andrews 19 May 2011 1 year ago 39 sec 4.5 -
A standing adult, looking around. Locality Karamzina Island, Peter the Great Bay, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 June 2009 3 years ago 34 sec 4.5 -
Birds in a breeding colony. Locality Karamzina Island, Peter the Great Bay, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 June 2009 3 years ago 30 sec 4.5 -
A close-up of an adult on a rock, looking around. Locality Karamzina Island, Peter the Great Bay, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 June 2009 3 years ago 33 sec 4.3 -
Two juveniles on a rock Locality Chunon, South Korea (Monotypic species)
John Gregory 30 November 1999 5 years ago 13 sec 3.8 -
An adult and a juvenile together Locality Chunon, South Korea (Monotypic species)
John Gregory 30 November 1999 5 years ago 10 sec 3.7
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In flight.
Locality Dalian, Liaoning, China (Northern)
Rémi Bigonneau 23 September 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
On the Han River
Locality Seoul, South Korea
Ian Barker 15 April 2013 5 weeks ago 4.1 -
Diving for eels in the Han River
Locality Seoul, South Korea
Ian Barker 15 April 2013 5 weeks ago 4.1 -
on the snow
Locality Niigata Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Mitsuru Akimoto 22 February 2012 1 year ago 4 -
Black-tailed Gull, juvenile/first winter.
Locality Beidaihe, Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 1 November 2007 3 years ago 4 -
1sr. winter
Locality Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Mitsuru Akimoto 30 November 2011 1 year ago 3.9
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Calls of birds in the colony.
Locality Karamzina Island, Peter the Great Bay, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 June 2009 3 years ago 4
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