Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Gulls :: Black-tailed Gull

Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris

Described by: Vieillot (1818)
Alternate common name(s): Japanese Gull, Temminck's Gull
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Aug 5, 2001 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Aug 5, 2001 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Oct 25, 2002 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Oct 25, 2002 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Oct 25, 2002 © William Hull 
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Range

Coastal e. Asia and Japan; Breeds along the coasts of Siberia (Ussuriland), Sakhalin Is., Kiril Is., Korea, Japan s. to Honshu and China (Shantung and Fukien). Disperses along the Pacific coast of East Asia (Taiwan).

Videos

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Aug 5, 2001 Source: William Hull
Description: None

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Aug 26, 2001 Source: William Hull
Description: None

Izumi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan - Feb 10, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Bird is standing on a mudflat and then takes flight.

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Biological Research Information Center, BRIC of Korea

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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