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UNUSUAL AND UNIDENTIFIED GULLS - heuglini-like:

Included here are many LBBG-types that are unusual in some way; some are probably just unusual LBBGs...

January 22, 2016 - a presumed 2nd cycle LBBG that may have an inserted remige molt - ?. from south Texas.
February 07 , 2013 - A small, darkish-mantled 3C/4C LBBG type from Brownsville;
March 02, 2010 - yet another 2nd-cycle LBBG-type gull that seems too pale and checkered and its molt timing is 6 months off - ? - from Florida in late January;
March 02, 2010 - another 2nd-cycle LBBG-type gull that seems too pale and checkered and with pale spots on inner primaries - ? - from Florida in late January;
March 02, 2010 - a 2nd-cycle LBBG-type gull that seems too pale and checkered - ? - from Florida in late January;
March 02, 2010 - a first-cycle LBBG-type gull that has some Caspian Gull-like features - in Florida in early February;
March 02, 2010 - another 3rd-cycle LBBG-type with some features associated with heuglini - on the same day/beach in Florida in early February;
March 02, 2010 - a 3rd-cycle LBBG-type with some features associated with heuglini - in Florida in early February;
March 02, 2010 - a near-adult LBBG-type with suspended primary molt - from Florida in late January;
March 02, 2010 - a sub-adult LBBG-type with oddly old-looking primaries - from Florida in late January;
March 24 , 2008 - more pics of a first-cycle LBBG-type that shows some heuglini traits - but also suggests a Kelp hybrid? ...
Feb 28 , 2008 - An adult LBBG-type that shows some heuglini traits ...
Feb 28 , 2008 - A first-cycle LBBG-type that shows some heuglini traits ...
Feb 13 , 2008 - A first-cycle LBBG-type that looks more like heuglini... updated Feb 27, 2008.
Dec 30 , 2007 - Yet another first-cycle LBBG?YLGU?KEGU?heuglini-type gull from Houston area ;
Dec 30 , 2007 - A first-cycle LBBG?YLGU?heuglini-type gull from Houston area ;
Dec 08 ,2007 -An adult LBBG/heuglini-type from Houston in March;
Feb 21 ,2007 -An adult LBBG/heuglini-type from Houston;
Feb 21 , 2007 -A second(?) cycle LBBG/heuglini-type from Houston;
Jan 07 , 2007 -A strange, first cycle pale LBBG/HERG/heuglini-type from Houston;
Jan 03 , 2007 -A first cycle LBBG/heuglini-type from Houston;
Jan 03 , 2007 -A second(?) cycle LBBG/heuglini-type from Houston;
Dec 23 , 2006 -A first cycle LBBG/heuglini/Kelp-type from Houston;
Dec 23 , 2006 -A second (?) cycle LBBG/heuglini-type from Houston;
Nov 25 , 2006 -A first cycle LBBG?YLGU?KELP? from Houston;
Nov 25 , 2006 - more images from early Feb of this first cycle Atlantic YGLU-type from Houston;
Nov 13 , 2006 - From Houston, five adult-type LBBGs with primaries still growing on Feb 1st - see LBBG Section;
July 16 , 2006 - three adult heuglini-types from Bhutan, and Barrow AK - thanks to Simon Thompson
July 11 , 2006 - A first-cycle gull from Port Aransas that falls into that YLGU - LBBG group;
April 24 , 2006 - A first-cycle (or is it 2nd-cycle?) gull from the Upper Texas Coast; is it just a funky-looking LBBG or somthing else?;
April 02 , 2006 - A first-cycle gull from Houston - it's very chunky for a LBBG; more like a YLGU?;
April 02 , 2006 - A third-cycle dark-backed gull from Houston - I keep thinking Kelp, but the bill seems wrong;
April 02 , 2006 - A (sub?)adult LBBG-type from Houston - it's large, pale, and bulky;
April 02 , 2006 - A first-cycle LBBG-type from Texas - it's small, dark-backed/pale-headed, with advanced covert molt;
April 02 , 2006 - An unusual adult LBBG-type from Texas - it's very large, and has some heuglini features ;
Mar 18 , 2006 - A series of unusual LBBG-types from Houston have been added to the LBBG Index;
Mar 18 , 2006 - A first cycle LBBG? KEGU? hybrid? from Houston;
Feb 02, 2006 - A hefty, first cycle suggesting Kelp Gull from Houston;
Jan 28, 2006 - Heres another second cycle gull: weird LBBG? Atlantic YGLU? Hybrid? from Galveston...;
Jan 24, 2006 - Okay, another first cycle Atlantic YGLU-type from Houston; again this one's paler overall, but also has a very white tail;
Jan 10, 2006 - Improbable as it seems, here's another possible first cycle Atlantic YGLU-type from Houston; this one's paler overall, yet with a darker tail; photographed again in March; look here;
Jan 02, 2006 - possibly the same YGLU?/LBBG?/dark CASP from Houston;
Jan 02, 2006 - a YGLU?/LBBG?/dark CASP from Houston;
Dec 16, 2005 - a baffling young "dark-mantled" large gull from Houston;
Dec 02, 2005 - A most interesting first-cycle YLGU?Caspian/??? from Galveston;
Nov 18, 2005 - a first-cycle LBBG-type that suggests heuglini...
Apr 07, 2005 - more pics of the first-basic gull that might be an Atlantic YLGU, that looks a little different.... from Corpus Christi;
Apr 02, 2005 - and another first-basic gull that might be an Atlantic YLGU, but this one looks a little different.... from Corpus Christi;
Mar 16, 2005 - more pics of the Port Aransas first-basic gull that to me looks like Atlantic YLGU - now at Corpus Christi;
Feb 23, 2005 - as ridiculous as it seems here's one more first-basic gull that to me looks like Atlantic YLGU at Port Aransas;
Feb 23, 2005 - more pics of the Feb 23 first-basic gull that to me looks like Atlantic YLGU at Corpus Christi;
Feb 17, 2005 - another (maybe same as one of the previous) first-basic gull that to me looks like Atlantic YLGU at Corpus Christi;
Feb 08, 2005 - que pasa? a second-basic gull that to me looks like Atlantic YLGU, from Corpus Christi;
Jan 22, 2005 - from last Spring, another first-basic gull with very strong suggestions of Atlantic YLGU from Corpus Christi;
Jan 22, 2005 - from last Spring, a first-basic gull with suggestions of Atlantic YLGU from Corpus Christi;
Jan 18, 2005 - a first-basic gull with suggestions of Atlantic YLGU from Corpus Christi;
Jan 18, 2005 - a first-basic gull that to me looks like Atlantic YLGU from Corpus Christi;
Dec 18, 2004 - a "dark-winged" first-winter gull from Corpus Christi - what the heck is it?;
Dec 18, 2004 - a first-basic LBBG-type with suggestions of YLGU from Corpus Christi;
Aug 21, 2004 - added pics of a heuglini/taimyrensis type from northern Alaska;
August 05, 2001 - added an interesting first-summer LBBG from Texas in early May with active primary moult.
January 27, 2001 - a presumed fuscus from South Africa; a couple of barabensis from Brahrain.
January 23, 2001 - He's back - the darker-mantled gull from Texas has returned to the Corpus landfill; photos and discussion for January 2001 (with link to a possible sighting from even earlier, plus a revealing page of specimens from the BMNH).
August 20, 2000: the Bahrain gull section is now complete, with one hundred mostly 1B-type birds.
August 17, 2000: there are now sixty new images of first-basic-type birds in the Bahrain gull section; plus a new Bahrain first-basic fuscus that is banded -but what is that band number???.
August 14, 2000: a Bahrain gull section is created, with a photo of adults of four different taxa, and two pages of c.30 first-basic birds - but what species are they? Also, an analysis of the underwing of 1B cachinnans is in the Caspian/Pontic Gull section.
July 21, 2000: a striking first-basic from Bahrain - but what is it? - UPDATE added August 14, 2000
July 19, 2000: a couple more heuglini from Bahrain are included in the Siberian Gull section; in the dark-mantled Corpus gull page there is a new link to some interesting direct comparisons with Middle Eastern gulls; added a first-basic from Bahrain in March to the Steppe Gull section - but what exactly is this bird???
June 19, 2000: For those of you wanting more pics of the odd-one-out in that heuglini vs graellsii quiz from last year, I've updated this LBBG page.....
June 19, 2000: a number of new heuglini-type gulls from Bahrain, Iran and Oman are added to the Siberian Gull section,
April 10, 2000: I got back my slides of the very unusual LBBG-like bird - they confirm the unusual plumage in the flight feathers, and show just how dark-mantled this bird was in the field.
April 08, 2000: Here are some preliminary images of a very unusual LBBG-like bird - the last of the La Marque, Texas oddballs from April 3rd.
April 06, 2000: A visit to the upper Texas coast yielded a crop of unusual gulls: two adult LBBGs - one looks like a dark graellsii while the other looks like an intermedius;
March 8, 2000: a most intriguing darker-mantled gull from Texas in February, with lots of helpful feedback from those with experience of the Eurasian forms.
Feb 12. 2000: an adult presumed graellsii-type from Texas in late January with P7 the longest primary!
Added the last of Ted Lee Eubanks' smithsonianus from Texas, showing some interesting variations.
Is there a new form of gull lurking on Texas beaches? take a look at the Reese's Herring Gull (Larus argentatus chocolatianus).
try this heuglini vs graellsii teaser!
a presumed Kelp x smithsonianus? hybrid from south Texas (March 16, 1999)
a 2CY bird from Texas; probably L. marinus but with michahellis-like features.