Gulls (Laridae)
Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus) - HBW 3, p. 611
French: Goéland à manteau ardoisé
German: Kamtschatkamöwe
Spanish: Gaviota de Kamchatka
Other common names: Pacific Gull, Kamchatka Gull
Taxonomy: Larus schistisagus Stejneger, 1884, Kamchatka.
Considered closely related to L. genei by some authors, to L. argentatus (with which it occasionally hybridizes) by others, but appears to be a distinctive N Pacific species. Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Siberia, from Cape Navarin and Kamchatka S to Hokkaido, NE Honshu and Vladivostok. Winters S to Taiwan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Several birds flying behind a ship. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 31 sec 4.5 -
A first-cycle bird feeding on a dead fish and defending its food against an adult. Locality Dukcha River Estuary, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 June 2009 2 years ago 49 sec 4.5 -
Birds on the shore calling and one of them feeding on a dead fish. Locality Dukcha River Estuary, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 June 2009 2 years ago 50 sec 4.5 -
A third-cycle bird and then a second-cycle bird feeding on a dead fish; an adult in the background at the end. Locality Dukcha River Estuary, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 June 2009 2 years ago 32 sec 4.4 -
A close-up of several birds flying behind a ship, in slow motion (50%). Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 23 sec 4.3 -
A second-cycle bird feeding on a dead fish, then been joined by a third-cycle one. Locality Dukcha River Estuary, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 June 2009 2 years ago 26 sec 4.3
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2 CY
Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp )
AurélienAudevard 6 February 2010 3 years ago 4.4 -
2 CY
Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp )
AurélienAudevard 9 February 2010 3 years ago 4.2 -
A bird in flight.
Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Jordi Sargatal 6 February 2010 11 weeks ago 4 -
3 CY
Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp )
AurélienAudevard 6 February 2010 3 years ago 4 -
A juvenile bird swimming.
Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Jordi Sargatal 5 February 2010 11 weeks ago 3.8 -
adult
Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp )
AurélienAudevard 9 February 2010 3 years ago 3.8
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Calls of a first-cycle bird.
Locality Dukcha River Estuary, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 June 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Consecutive bouts of calls of different adults.
Locality Dukcha River Estuary, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 June 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Calls of a group of birds on the beach feeding on dead fish.
Locality Dukcha River Estuary, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 June 2009 2 years ago 4
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