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    Shareez Assan
    Aug 10, 2019
    Edited: Aug 11, 2019

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    Hi all,

    These images of gull and shrike from winter 2016 season. need assistance to identify them please.







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    andrewbailey1967
    Aug 31, 2019

    I'm pretty sure the shrike is 1st-winter Turkestan.

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    Tommy Pedersen
    Aug 17, 2019

    The gull can not be identified beyond Larus sp.

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    Tommy Pedersen
    Aug 17, 2019
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    We call them 'Large white-headed gulls' here in the UAE See the online downloadable Checklist for the possible species involved

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    Mark Smiles
    Aug 12, 2019

    The shrike is a juvenile 'Isabelline', probably Turkestan. It would help to know what time of the year the image was taken to support this - Sep/Oct would favour Turkestan, Dec-Feb Daurian.


    I'm going to pass on the gull, however.

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    Shareez Assan
    Aug 12, 2019
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    Hi Mark,


    The shrike was in December, so it seems like a Daurian/Isabelline juvenile. Thanks a lot.


    Anybody on the Gull please ...



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    Shareez Assan
    Aug 10, 2019


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