Korean Bird: Saunder's Gull J01-starts flight

Query: red-billed gull

Result: 10^th of 12

Subject:	Korean Bird: Saunder's Gull J01-starts flight
Poster:	Kim Jinsuk (jskim@bulls.kordic.re.kr)

File size : 13305 bytes File date : 1998:06:25 09:00:00 Resolution: 300x267 Jpeg process : Baseline Posted Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals,han.binaries.photo Posted Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 11:43:05 +0900

Korean Bird: Saunder's Gull J01-starts flight

Common name : Saunder's Gull
Korean name : geom-eun-meo-ri-gal-mae-gi (검은머리갈매기)
Latin name : Larus saundersi

Saunder's gull is rare in Korea, while the similar specis,
black-headed gull is common. Interestingly, Korean named
Saunder's gull as "black-headed gull", and black-headed gull
as "red-billed gull". The difference between the two species
is the color of the bills. Saunder's gull's bill is black,
while black-headed gull is red.

Photo by Young-Hae Kim

Scanned from a Korea's monthly science magazine,
"Science Dong-A", Mar. 1996.

Enjoy it.

[Description for Korean]

사진 : 김용해 기자
출처 : 과학동아 96년 3월호

검은머리갈매기
Larus saundersi
촬영지: 논산 저수지
촬영일 : 1996. 1. 28.
부리가 검은색이며, 등, 어깨, 허리가 엷고 푸른 잿빛이고
그 외에는 흰색이다. 우리나라에서 드물게 관찰되는데, 흔한
붉은머리갈매기와 부리 색깔로 구분된다.

red-billed gull
10/12

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