Contributor
Steve Heinl Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Gambell (general area)
Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Unknown age, Male - 1
Media notes
Singing male with blackish back like subspecies lugens; however, the bird had a black chin (right to the bill) and dark grayish (not blackish) feathers mixed in the feathers of the scapulars and lower back.
Observation details
One Black-backed type (subspecies lugens) or ocularis x lugens at the sewage ponds and houses immediately to the east; singing bird, so presumably a male, but the birds throat/chin was black right to the bill and it had slaty (not black) feathers mixed in with the black scapular and lower back feathers. The bird was reported by other tour groups prior to our arrival on 30 May 2024.
Technical information
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- Original file size
- 1.99 MB