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Another Large Gull SP., Tainan County, Taiwan: vegae or something else?
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<blockquote data-quote="SteveMM" data-source="post: 3525158" data-attributes="member: 130392"><p>Thanks for the responses above. </p><p></p><p>I agree that the only option seems to be 'some kind of' Vega Gull. It is too dark above for any of the North American taxa or any <em>vegae </em>hybrid with them. Malling Olsen and Larsson states 'some show <em>thayeri</em>-type P9' for Vega Gull, and the links provided by JanJ show the underside of P10 to be OK, too. Both 'variants' in the one bird is quite something, though.</p><p></p><p>I've added a few more photos which I think capture a couple of other interesting features of this bird: its 'short-legged' look and not especially large size compared to <em>taimyrensis</em>. A heart-stopping moment when I first saw the underwing, but as usual it all counts for nought!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SteveMM, post: 3525158, member: 130392"] Thanks for the responses above. I agree that the only option seems to be 'some kind of' Vega Gull. It is too dark above for any of the North American taxa or any [I]vegae [/I]hybrid with them. Malling Olsen and Larsson states 'some show [I]thayeri[/I]-type P9' for Vega Gull, and the links provided by JanJ show the underside of P10 to be OK, too. Both 'variants' in the one bird is quite something, though. I've added a few more photos which I think capture a couple of other interesting features of this bird: its 'short-legged' look and not especially large size compared to [I]taimyrensis[/I]. A heart-stopping moment when I first saw the underwing, but as usual it all counts for nought! [/QUOTE]
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