This large gull breeds mainly in northeastern Siberia and moves to the East Asian coast for winter. Its gray-and-white body, black wingtips, yellow bill, and pink legs are distinctive.
The upperparts are gray and the underparts white, with black wingtips. The bill is sturdy and yellow, and the legs are pink.
It eats fish and other marine life, including seabirds, and sometimes forages in fields or at dumps. It breeds mainly in northeastern Siberia and winters along the East Asian coast.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.