Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostris
The Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) is a 561 g coastal bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.
- Family
- Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Weight
- 561 g
- Habitat
- Coastal
- Diet
- Vertebrates, fish and carrion
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Countries recorded
- 10
Recorded in Republic of Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, Russia, United States, Hong Kong, Canada, Thailand, Dem. Rep. Korea.
Where to see it: 船橋市 · ふなばし三番瀬海浜公園 (Funabashi · Funabashi Sanbanze Seaside Park) (Japan); Rason Lake (Dem. Rep. Korea); 어청도(Eocheong-do (island)) (Republic of Korea); 輪島市 · 舳倉島 (Wajima · Hegurajima (island)) (Japan); 江戸川区 · 葛西臨海公園・葛西海浜公園 (Edogawa Ward · Kasai Rinkai Park / Kasai Kaihin Park) (Japan).