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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MJB" data-source="post: 3443859" data-attributes="member: 88928">Also, from the same small sample of masked gulls, Given et al 2005 suggested species status for the New Zealand Red-billed Gull L. scopulinus and the Australian Silver Gull L. novaehollandiae, an arrangement that recently was re-lumped from more comprehensive data (Gill et al 2010). I think that the conclusions of Given et al 2005 are best noted until such time as more advanced techniques are applied to the masked gulls.MJBReferenceGill, BJ, BD Bell, GK Chambers, DG Medway, RL Palma, RP Scofield, AJD Tennyson and TH Worthy. 2010. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. 4th edn. Te Papa Press and Ornithological Society of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand.</blockquote>