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Re: Vagrant Gull

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Subject: Re: Vagrant Gull
From: Ed Parnell <>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:44:14 +0000
Forget Vega Gull - sounds to me as if the Cooktown bird displays all the
classic characteristics of Vague Gull (L. indeterminus)!

Ed



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From: Jon King <>
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Sent: Tuesday, 19 February, 2008 11:34:44 AM
Subject: Re: Vagrant Gull = Eastern Siberian Gull


Having finally returned home from business travel, I have had a chance
to start sifting through my many images of gulls from East Asia, and
look in more detail at images of the Cooktown bird. I think I might take
a bite of humble pie and climb back on the fence, as some of the
features of this bird do indeed suggest my initial thought, vegae ("Vega
Gull" in the strict sense), rather than mongolicus ("Mongolian Gull").


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