2020 Safari LTD Great Lakes Toob

Subject: Re: 2020 Safari LTD Great Lakes Toob Wed Jul 21, 2021 7:32 am

Birdsage wrote:: Also, should the gull be classified as Larus argentatus smithsonianus or Larus smithsonianus? I prefer the former.

It is the same animal, our choice is just to match the wikipedia article and we do it for editing convenience. However, I also prefer to see it as a full species even if what I see is almost the same as an European herring gull.

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Subject: Re: 2020 Safari LTD Great Lakes Toob Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:19 am

Birdsage wrote:: Also, should the gull be classified as Larus argentatus smithsonianus or Larus smithsonianus? I prefer the former.

For consistency, I recommend Cornell Ornithology which considers it a subspecies of argentatus.