STEPPE GULL Larus (fuscus) barabensis

Breeding in the steppes of Central Asia, a fairly distinctive taxon in breeding plumage. If Heuglin's Gull is accepted as a full species this then becomes L.heuglini barabensis, although like many gulls it could one day be considered a full species itself.

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