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Black-tailed gull (Mòng bể đuôi đen, Larus crassirostris) 

The black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris) is a gull native to shorelines of East Asia.
This bird species is resident to coastlines of the East China Sea, Japan, Manchuria and the Kuril Islands.

Charadriiformes, Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").

Laridae:from Ancient Greek laros or Latin larus, which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird.

The genus name Larus is from Ancient Greek laros or Latin larus, which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird.

Crassirostris is from Latin roots: crassus (thick/fat/stout) + rostrum (beak/snout).

Larus is a large genus of gulls with worldwide distribution (by far the greatest species diversity is in the Northern Hemisphere).
The genus name is from Ancient Greek laros or Latin larus, which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird.

1/ European herring gull (Mòng bể chân vàng, Larus argentatus)
2/ Common gull or sea mew (Mòng bể đầu trắng, Larus canus)
3/ Black-tailed gull (Mòng bể đuôi đen, Larus crassirostris)