Which gull is this ?

italianbirder · Post by **italianbirder** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:16 pm

Photo taken at Chioggia, NE Italy, on 22 Nov 2002:

Cristian Mihai · Post by **Cristian Mihai** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:40 pm

Looks like a 1cy Yellow-legged Gull.

Ruud Altenburg · Post by **Ruud Altenburg** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:51 pm

Welcome to the forum Menotti!

A bird with a Finnish ring is unlikely to be a YLG... Given the similarities between YLG and Baltic Herring, the relatively advanced scapular moult, paler bill base and bill shape this should be a Herring. More pictures are welcome though.

italianbirder · Post by **italianbirder** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 2:03 pm

Thanks Ruud.
Here two more pictures, same bird, same place, same date.

Ruud Altenburg · Post by **Ruud Altenburg** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 2:41 pm

It's a Baltic Gull after all, looks very much like our local birds! I'll drop a line to the Finnish gullers to see if they have ever seen in back in Finland.

italianbirder · Post by **italianbirder** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 2:54 pm

Really it was reported by the ringing center as a Baltic Gull ringed as pullus...however I received inputs about it being a HG

Cristian Mihai · Post by **Cristian Mihai** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 4:21 pm

Looking at the second pic I have to agree with Ruud that it looks much better for a Baltic Gull (but I doesn't look good at all for a HG

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