Thayer's Gull (thayeri)

(last update: January 22, 2013)

Coordinators:
Amar Ayyash (USA)
Mars Muusse (Netherlands)

Table 2. Collections in which we examined Iceland gull specimens, or from which we sought data on specimens for this study and Weir et al. (1995).

Belongs to the paper:
Hybridization and changes in the distribution of Iceland gulls (Larus glaucoides/kumlieni/thayeri),
by D. N. Weir, A.C. Kitchener and R. Y. McGowan,
IN: J. Zool., Lond.(2000) 252, 517-530.

Collections in which we examined Iceland gull specimens, or from which we sought data on specimens for this study and Weir et al. (1995). Acronyms are given for these and others referred to in the text.

Collection (acronym) Taxa
Examined by us
.
Aberdeen University Natural History Museum (AUNHM) T K
Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum (GAGM)
G
National Museums of Ireland (NMI) T G possible hybrid
National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (NMGM) G
Natural History Museum, Tring (NHM) T K G
National Museums of Scotland (NMS) K G
Examined by others
.
Museum Faroe Islands and J.-K. Jensen Coll. T K G
Nolsùy, Faroe Islands (MFI) .
Icelandic Museum of Natural History (IMNH) K G
University Zoology Museum, Copenhagen (ZMK) K G
Smithsonian Institution (USNM) possible G and T
Others in text
.
Museum Comparative Zoology, Harvard (MCZ)
G or K

Taxa: T, thayeri; K, kumlieni; G, glaucoides.