Hybridization and changes in the distribution of Iceland gulls ( Larus glaucoides/kumlieni/thayeri

• Published in: Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Weir, D. N., Kitchener, A. C., McGowan, R. Y.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2000
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Weir; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2000.tb01234.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.2000.tb01234.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2000.tb01234.x; https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2000.tb01234.x

Abstract Three Iceland gull taxa were defined mainly from adult wingtip melanism. Up until about 1860, nominate glaucoides (no melanism) was known to breed from Greenland to western High Arctic Canada, but by about 1900 it was essentially confined to Greenland. Until 1860, thayeri (most melanism) wa...