Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East : : An Identification Guide / / Frédéric Jiguet, Philippe J. Dubois, Mars Muusse, Peter Adriaens.

A comprehensive photographic guide to the gull species of the Western PalearcticGulls occupy a particularly important place in the world of birds. But because they are notoriously difficult to identify, they have long been ignored in the ornithological literature. Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 1,200 photos + illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Gulls of the Western Palearctic
  • Black-Legged Kittiwake. Rissa tridactyla
  • Ivory Gull. Pagophila eburnea
  • Sabine’s Gull. Xema sabini
  • Slender-billed Gull. Chroicocephalus genei
  • Bonaparte’s Gull. Chroicocephalus philadelphia
  • Brown-headed Gull. Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
  • Black-headed Gull. Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Grey-headed Gull. Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
  • Little Gull. Hydrocoloeus minutus
  • Ross’s Gull. Rhodostethia rosea
  • Laughing Gull. Leucophaeus atricilla
  • Franklin’s Gull. Leucophaeus pipixcan
  • Mediterranean Gull. Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
  • Small Hybrid Gulls
  • Relict Gull. Ichthyaetus relictus
  • White-eyed Gull. Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
  • Sooty Gull. Ichthyaetus hemprichii
  • Common Gull. Larus canus canus
  • Russian Common Gull. Larus canus heinei
  • Kamchatka Gull. Larus (canus) kamtschatschensis
  • Short-billed Gull. Larus brachyrhynchus
  • Ring-billed Gull. Larus delawarensis
  • Audouin’s Gull. Ichthyaetus audouinii
  • Pallas’s Gull. Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
  • Great Black-backed Gull. Larus marinus
  • Kelp Gull (Cape Gull) Larus dominicanus vetula
  • Glaucous-winged Gull. Larus glaucescens
  • Glaucous Gull. Larus hyperboreus
  • Iceland Gull. Larus glaucoides glaucoides
  • Kumlien’s Gull. Larus glaucoides kumlieni
  • Thayer’s Gull. Larus thayeri
  • European Herring Gull. Larus argentatus argentatus and argenteus
  • American Herring Gull. Larus smithsonianus
  • Vega Gull. Larus vegae
  • Caspian Gull. Larus cachinnans
  • ‘Azores Gull’ Larus michahellis atlantis
  • Yellow-legged Gull. Larus michahellis
  • Armenian Gull. Larus armenicus
  • Slaty-backed Gull. Larus schistisagus
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull. Larus fuscus graellsii and L. f. intermedius
  • Baltic Gull. Larus fuscus fuscus
  • Heuglin’s Gull. Larus (fuscus) heuglini
  • Steppe Gull. Larus (fuscus?) barabensis
  • ‘Viking Gull’ Larus argentatus × hyperboreus
  • Large Hybrid Gulls
  • Bibliography
  • Photographic Credits