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Signed as Silver Gull, but the grey head is odd.
doesn't look like a Silver Gull to me. Not sure what it is though.

What other species of gull do they have there?
 
This is a possible Grey headed/hooded gull of first winter plumage I am not 100% but would say 90% as it appears to be a juvenile bird
 
The reason I'm only 90% is because there's no indication of actual size.

I'm quite sure because I believe Grey-headed is the only gull with the colour of the head being almost the same as the colour of the back with the exception of some non-breeding species like Black-headed, but I think this individual has too much grey on the head to be one of those species in non-breeding plumage.

Also, this bird doesn't look like a juvenile to me.
 
looking around on Google, I found quite a few sites saying that Jurong has both Silver and Grey-headed Gulls on display (in the shorebird aviary - although this one looks like it is in the penguin house?).
 

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