Wings more boldly patterned. Yellow lesser coverts. Wide, whitish lower wing bar. Bill darker than in breeding season. Winter female: mostly drab gray body with black wings and 2 bold buffy wing bars.

Their wings are light gray while their tails are spotted with black. The animals also have pale yellow legs and webbed feet. You will be able to see the herring gull in various parts of the world ...

With its bright golden mantle and jet-black body, it would be hard to mistake the yellow-headed blackbird for any other species.

Western birds (cooperi) are larger, paler overall, with larger, paler bills. Similar Species Adult males differ from the scarlet tanager by lacking black wings.