Phenotypic characterization, taxonomic rank and phylogenetic relationships of Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
Dorit Liebers & Andreas J. Helbig
published: Limicola 13-6, 1999 (in German, with English summary)
Fig 15: Larus armenicus female at Tuz Golu, Turkey, May 1999. Picture: Andreas J. Helbig.
Wing-tip pattern in adult female (sexed by PCR): mirror on P10, and a small mirror on the inner web of P9 (see also Type II in Fig. 18). About 20% of the breeding birds of the Tuz and Van Golu showed a mirror on both P9 and P10 (n = 232, birds scored from randomly photographed alarming adults in flight).

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