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Gull ID (1 Viewer)
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CARERY
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edit: just saw that there is another threat with the same bird: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=338536
Nobody of the gull guys around at the moment I suppose....
I'm really no gull expert so don't take my opinion solely! The underwing certainly looks very white but the tertials don't seem right. Also the posture and head shape is not so straight foreward for Caspian. On the other hand it looks rather long-legged... In my opinion it looks as if there could be a Caspian Gull (at least) involved.
Just yesterday I saw a presentation about the hybridsation of Caspian, Herring and Yellow-legged Gulls in Southeastern Germany. All types of phaenotypes may occur even the experts often can't tell who is who.
Nobody of the gull guys around at the moment I suppose....
I'm really no gull expert so don't take my opinion solely! The underwing certainly looks very white but the tertials don't seem right. Also the posture and head shape is not so straight foreward for Caspian. On the other hand it looks rather long-legged... In my opinion it looks as if there could be a Caspian Gull (at least) involved.
Just yesterday I saw a presentation about the hybridsation of Caspian, Herring and Yellow-legged Gulls in Southeastern Germany. All types of phaenotypes may occur even the experts often can't tell who is who.
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