- IORC Number
- 1986.084
- Species/Form in Question
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Scientific Name
- Larus marinus
- Current Status of Record:
- Rejected
- Date of Initial Sighting:
- 1986-02-14
- Date of Last Sighting:
- 1986-02-17
- Quantity:
- 1
- Age/Gender:
- First winter
- Observers(s)
- Location
- Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
- Counties Observed in:
- Williamson
- References
- 2nd IORC Report
- Details
- The less than overwhelming size, somewhat wider than expected tail band, and the reported presence of prominent pale windows in the inner primaries left the Committee unconvinced that this was not a worn first-winter Herring Gull. Published in Illinois Birds and Birding vol. 2 p. 76.
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