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Subject: ID please[ Heuglin's Gull or Yellow-legged Gull??] [Print This Page]

Author: Kieman    Time: 16/12/2012 21:22     Subject: ID please[ Heuglin's Gull or Yellow-legged Gull??]


Date: 15/12/2012
Location: NSW

THANKS!
Author: lchunfai    Time: 16/12/2012 23:17

Heuglin's.
Author: Kieman    Time: 17/12/2012 02:19

Thanks! Can you tell me more how to define them?
Author: kkoel    Time: 17/12/2012 08:35

Dark grey mantle and yellowish legs are for Heuglin's; pale grey mantle and pinkish legs (!) are for "Yellow-legged Gull" - more correctly Mongolian Gull for the taxon in Hong Kong.
Author: Kieman    Time: 17/12/2012 08:44

Thanks for the information!




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