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Probable Vega Gulls (left & right) and Black-tailed Gull
(centre) at water treatment area in Osaka Bay on 26
September 2009. The left gull has a darker mantle and is larger than
the Vega Gull on the right. |
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Vega Gull showing
darkish iris. Most Vega Gulls had irides with dark
pigmentation. |
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Vega Gull with
pale yellow iris and worn primaries. |
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Probable juvenile Vega Gull at
Osaka Bay on 26 September 2009 |
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This gull had yellow legs and a dark iris. Is it Larus heuglini or L.
cachinnans mongolicus? Osaka Bay on 26 September 2009. |
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Dark iris of above gull with bright yellow legs. |
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This gull had
yellow-pink legs and may be Larus heuglini taimyrensis. Osaka
Bay on 26 September 2009 |
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Head close-up showing the iris of above gull, which may be
L. h. taimyrensis. |
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Same gull on left with
yellowish legs has darker mantle than Vega Gull on right. |
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