Roger
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 | | 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. |
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