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[Gulls] 黑尾鷗 Black-Tailed Gull 第一次渡冬

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1# A A A Post at 12/03/2007 08:59  Show all

Gull Identification

Hi Hendrix,

It looks big and solidly-built so I'd go for Heuglin's Gull ( which often has a black tail-bar in winter plumages).

Immature Black-tailed Gulls have a milky-coffee coloured appearance "body is washed brown rather than streaked..." (The birds of HK and South China, by Viney,Lam and Phillipps) .

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Gull pictures

Hi Hendrix,

Black-tailed is a medium-sized gull (at 19"), compared to 16" for Black-headed Gull and 24" for Heuglin's.

This is definitely a BIG gull.  I'd still go for Heuglin's...  Mongolian Gull should even bigger but paler.

If you post it as Heuglin's and we're wrong, I'm sure someone will be kind enough to correct us !

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3# A A A Post at 13/03/2007 09:47  Show all

Mystery Gulls

Hi Hendrix,

"Bird A" - Black-tailed Gull - is this the one that didn't fly well, it was outside the front of the boardwalk hide about three years ago ?

"Bird B" -  I don't know !  It looks quite slim, so my guess would be "Black-tailed Gull" but I find it hard to be sure without getting a feeling for the overall size.

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