Species boundaries in the Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gull complex
Species boundaries in the Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gull complex
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鲱鱼和小黑背鸥复合体的物种边界
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2011
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L. Svensson
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J. M. Collinson;D. Parkin;A. Knox;G. Sangster;L. Svensson
© British Birds 101 • July 2008 • 340–363 ABSTRACT 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. Species boundaries in the Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gull complex