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ID please[ Heuglin's Gull or Yellow-legged Gull??]

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1^# A A A Post at 16/12/2012 21:22 Show author

ID please[ Heuglin's Gull or Yellow-legged Gull??]

Date: 15/12/2012
Location: NSW

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2^# A A A Post at 16/12/2012 23:17 Show author

Heuglin's.

I am just an inexperienced birder/ birdwatcher/ twitcher/ photographer with no long lens.

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3^# A A A Post at 17/12/2012 02:19 Show author

Thanks! Can you tell me more how to define them?

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4^# A A A Post at 17/12/2012 08:35 Show author

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.

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5^# A A A Post at 17/12/2012 08:44 Show author

Thanks for the information!

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