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Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus): a new bird record in Xinjiang, China

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XIA Yong and WANG Yaotian saw a first-year glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) at Beihu Lake, Shihezi (a city of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region; 44°22′N, 86°07′E; 416 m asl) on 2 January 2016. The gull was also seen and photographed by other observers in the period of 19 December 2015 to10 January, 2016.

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Xia, Y., Holt, P., Wang, Y. et al. Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus): a new bird record in Xinjiang, China. J. Arid Land 8, 815–818 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40333-016-0093-9

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