Re: Vagrant Gull

["Robert Inglis" <>]

I must admit I have had a hard day, but...........

Could at least one of the higher beings (aka pelagic tragics) please tell me 
in as simple terms as possible which species (or sub-species) is being 
considered as the likely identity of the 'unusual' gull presently being 
stalked at Cooktown?
Does the name Mongolian Gull refer to what was once considered to be a 
sub-species of Relict Gull (Larus relictus)?
Or does it refer to what was once considered (and may still be for all I 
know) a sub-species of Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)?
Or something else?

I have to admit I am using references which are probably scorned by the 
average-and-above pelagic experts but this whole subject is getting right up 
my nose and I would like to be let into the secret.
Apart from that I am having a ball thinking about all of the twitchers 
braving the floods trying to add to their totals.
Cheers

Bob Inglis
Sandstone Point
Qld

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