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Utah Bird Records Committee

  
Rec. # 2017-02
Iceland Gull

Date first observed:  24 Dec 2016
Location:
 Lee Kay Ponds, Salt Lake County

Sightings:

  • 24 Dec 2016 - Bryant Olsen, [Record #2017-02]  (Photos)
  • 5 Jan 2017 - Matthew Pendleton
  • 6 Jan 2017 - Darren Hall

Sight Records:


 

Records Committee Review:

 
  Date Posted

   Results

1st round: 6 Jan 2017 6 acc, 3 not
2nd round: 5 Mar 2017 4 acc, 5 not
3rd round: 10 Apr 2017 3 acc, 6 not
Completed: 1 Jun 2017 Not Accepted

 

Summary:  The committee had difficulty separating this bird from a Thayer's Gull. This may come from the same concerns that recently caused the AOU to merged Iceland Gull and Thayer's Gull into one species.
 
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