| Titre : | Species boundaries in the Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gull complex |
| Auteurs : | J. Martin Collinson, Auteur ; David T. Parkin, Auteur ; Alan G. Knox, Auteur ; George Sangster, Auteur ; Lars Svensson, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | British Birds (101(7) JUL 2008) |
| Article en page(s) : | 340-363 |
| Résumé : | The BOURC Taxonomic Sub-committee (TSC) recently published recommendations for the taxonomy of the Herring Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull complex (Sangster et al. 2007). Six species were recognised: Herring Gull Larus argentatus, Lesser Black-backed Gull L. fuscus, Caspian Gull L. cachinnans,Yellow-legged Gull L. michahellis, Armenian Gull L. armenicus and American Herring Gull L. smithsonianus. This paper reviews the evidence underlying these decisions and highlights some of the areas of uncertainty. |



