No I get you. I just had a bunch of gull ids pushed back to genus. Examples being, I had a very close Thayer’s/Herring the other day and I submitted the photos via app and some birders came in an explained it was indeed Herring. Yet the sighting was backed up to genus because you couldn’t see the primaries. A trip later, I got a photo of what I tentatively called a 2nd Cycle Thayer’s due to Herring-like structure and coloration but the primaries where only edged in black. That identifier pushed it back to genus saying it’s “probably an Olympic”. So If I’m that far off…
Btw, I made another thread that focuses on a more serious topic of hybrids that you might enjoy to comment on.