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

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3 recordings

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