Thayer's Gull (thayeri)
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The in-between age of the in-between Gull: Identification of second-winter Thayer's Gull.
Chris Gibbins & Martin Garner.
Hybridization and changes in the distribution of Iceland gulls (Larus glaucoides /kumlieni/ thayeri)Weir,. Kitchener & McGowan IN: J. Zool., Lond. (2000) 252.
Identification and Variation of Winter Adult Kumlien’s Gulls
Steve N.G. Howell & Bruce Mactavish
IN: Alula 1/2003.
Interbreeding of Thayer's gull Larus thayeri and Kumlien's gull Larus glaucoides kumlieni on Southampton Island, Northwest Territories.
Gaston, A. J. & Decker, R. (1985).
Can. Field-Nat. 99: 257-259.
Hybridization among Arctic white-headed gullsobscures the genetic legacy of the Pleistocene
Sarah A. Sonsthagen et all.
IN: Ecology and Evolution 2012; 2(6).
Ueber die Formen der grossen Möwen (subgenus Larus) und ihre gegenseitigen Beziehungen.B. Stegmann.
IN: Journ. f. Ornith. 82: 340-380, 1934.
Subspecies of the Iceland Gull.
Ron Pittaway
IN: ONTARIO BIRDS APRIL 1992.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN LARGE GULLS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
P. Devillets, G. McCaskie & J. Jehl.
VARIATION IN IRIS COLOR
OF ADULT THAYER'S GULLS.
J. KING & S. HOWELL.
IN: Western Birds 30:55-56, 1999.
"THAYER'S" GULL IN THE NIAGARA FRONTIER REGION.
ROBERT F. ANDRLE
IN: The Auk, January 1969.
Status of Thayer's Gull.
J. Dwight
IN: The Auk 34, 1917.
ON MATURATION OF THAYER'S GULL.
G. SUTTON & D. PARMELEE
IN: Wilson Bull., 90(4), 1978.
Field identification of
Thayer's Gull (L thayeri)
in eastern North America.
M. Gosselin & N. David
IN: American Birds 29 (1975).
FIRST PREBASIC MOLT IN HERRING, THAYER'S, AND
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS
S. HOWELL & J. KING
IN: J. Field Ornithol. 1999.
Historical and taxonomicreview of the Iceland Gull
L. glaucoides complex
R. McGowan & A. Kitchener
IN: British Birds 94: 191-195, April 2001.
Apparent Survival of Adult Thayer's and Glaucous Gulls Nesting Sympatrically in the Canadian High Arctic
Karel A. Allard, H. Grant Gilchrist, André R. Breton, Cynthia D. Gilbert & Mark L. Mallory
IN: Ardea, 98(1):43-50. 2010.
Hybridization among Arctic white-headed gulls (Larus spp.)
obscures the genetic legacy of the Pleistocene.
Sarah A. Sonsthagen, R. Terry Chesser, Douglas A. Bell & Carla J. Dove.
Fishing success of gulls at a southeast Alaska smelt run.
Mary F. Willson & Brian H. Marston.
J. Field Ornithol. 73(1):91–96, 2002.
Marine birds of the Hell Gate Polynya,
Nunavut, Canada
Mark L. Mallory & H. Grant Gilchrist
2005: Polar Research 24(1–2), 87–93.
Pittaway, R. 1999.
Taxonomic history of Thayer's Gull.
Ontario Birds 17(1): 1-13.
AN APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF MOLTS AND PLUMAGES
BY PHILIP S. HUMPHREY AND KENNETH C. PARKES
IN: THE AUK, A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY. Vol.76 January 1959 No. 1
STAFFELMAUSER AND OTHER ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES FOR WING MOLT IN LARGER BIRDS
PETER PYLE
IN: Western Birds 37:179–185, 2006
Hybridization of Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) and Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) in Iceland: mitochondrial and microsatellite data.
Vigfusdottir, Palsson & Ingolfsson.
Phil Trans R Soc B (2008)
Evolution of some arctic gulls (Larus): an experimental study of isolatingmechanisms - N. G. Smith. Ornithological Monographs 4-1966.
REVIEW by G.M. Sutton.
SEXUAL DIMORPHISM OF LARGE GULLS (LARUS SPP.)
AGNAR INGOLFSSON
IN: The Auk 86 (1969).
The Herring Gull Complex (Larus argentatus - fuscus - cachinnans) as a Model Group for Recent Holarctic Vertebrate RadiationsDorit Liebers-Helbig et all.
The Beringian Connection: Speciation in the Herring Gull assemblage in North America.
Peter de Knijff
Birding, July/August 2005.
Introgressive hybridization and the evolutionary history of the herring gull complex revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA.Sternkopf et all.
IN: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2010, 10:348.
The Herring Gull complex is not a ring species.
D Liebers, P de Knijff, A J Helbig.
Proc R Soc Lond B (2004): 271: 893-901.
Genetic affinities within the Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) assemblage revealed by AFLP Genotyping.
P de Knijff, F Denkers, N van Swelm & M Kuiper.
J Mol Evol (2001) 52: 85-93.
Genetic differentiation at nuclear and mitochondrial loci among large white-headed gulls: sex-biased interspecific gene flow?P-A.Crochet et all.
In Evolution 2003
Systematics of large white-headed gulls: patterns of mitochondrial DNA variation in western European taxa. P-A.Crochet, J-D. Lebreton, & F. Bonhomme
In The Auk 2002
Molecular phylogeny and plumage evolution in gulls (Larini).P-A. Crochet, F. Bonhomme & J-D. Lebreton
In J Evol Biol 2000
Slow rate of Evoloution in the Mitochondrial Control Regions of Gulls (Aves: Laridae).Pierre-Andre Crochet & Eric Desmarais
In Mol Biol Evol 2000
GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION, GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION AND HYBRIDIZATION IN GULLS OF THE LARUS GLAUCESCENS-OCCIDENTALIS COMPLEX’DOUGLAS A. BELLY
IN: The Condor 98:527-546 (1996)
ADDITIONAL DATA ON MITOCHONDRIAL DNA OF NORTH AMERICAN LARGE GULL TAXA.Gay, Laurène, Bell, Douglas A, Crochet, Pierre-André, 2005.
The Auk, 122: 684-688.
Speciation with gene flow in the large white-headedgulls: does selection counterbalance introgression?
L Gay et all.
IN: Heredity (2009) 102, 133–146
Notes on the standard body measurements of two populations of Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) (in Canada).WILLIAM THRELFALL AND DAVID D. JEWER
IN: The Auk, 1978
Foraging ecology of Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) and Great Black-backed Gulls (Larus marinus), with a focus in New England rocky intertidal.
Michelle S. Rome
Brown University - May 2002
Lectotypification of L smithsonianus Coues, 1862 (Aves: Laridae)Storrs L. Olson & Richard C. Banks.
IN: PROCEEDINGS BIO SOC WASHINGTON
120(4). 2007.
Identifying the sex of Massachusetts Herring Gulls by linear measurements.Daniel R. Evans & Paul M. Cavanagh
In J Field Ornithol 1995
Identification of adult AmericanHerring Gull.
Peter Adriaens & Bruce Mactavish
Dutch Birding 2004 26: 151-179
Identification of American Herring Gull in a western European context.
Lonergan, P, and Mullarney, K.
Dutch Birding 2004 - 26: 1-35
Variably plumaged Icelandic Herring Gulls: high intraspecific variation in a founded population.
Richard R. Snell
In The Auk 1993
Age-specific survivorship in relation to clutch size and fledging succes in Carlifonia Gulls.
Bruce H. Pugesek
In Behav Ecol SocioBiol 1987
Removal of primary remiges and its effect on the flying ability of Glaucous-winged Gulls.
Nicolaas A.M. Verbeek & Joan L. Morgan
In Condor 1980
TAIL-PATTERN VARIATION
IN FIRST-YEAR HERRING GULLS.
S. HOWELL & J. KING
IN:
Western Birds.
Responses to mate loss by Herring Gulls Larus argentatus and
Great Black-backed Gulls Larus marinus.
Greggory J. Transue and Joanna Burger
ORNISS CANDINAVICA 20: 53-58 / Copenhagen 1989
Recent changes in the status of wintering gull
populations in Utah.
M. H. Tore & D. L. Fischer
IN: American Birds 1988.
IDENTIFICATION AND MOLT OF HYBRID
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS
J. KING & S. HOWELL
IN: Western Birds 1998.
Marine birds of the Hell Gate Polynya,
Nunavut, Canada
Mark L. Mallory & H. Grant Gilchrist
IN: Polar Research 24(1–2), 87–93 2005
Research on gulls with help of satellite transmitters. Bruno J. Ens et all
IN: SOVON, LIMOSA 82 (2009): 33-42
Dutch, with english captions and summary.
Migration within the annual cycle: species, sex and age differences.Ian Newton.
IN: J Ornithol (2011) 152 (Suppl 1):S169–S185
A specimen of Larus glaucescens from Hudson Bay.
J. Jehl
IN: THE WILSON BULLETIN Vol. 86-1974.
Thayer's Gull
Larus thayeri [W.S. Brooks 1915, Banks Island, NW Territories, Canada].
Banks Island E to Hudson Bay & N Baffin Island and N thru Ellesmere Island to W Greenland. Winters
Pacific coast from British Columbia S to Baja California. Col. John Eliot Thayer (1862-1933), American ornithologist, collector and banker who used his
considerable wealth to fund natural history expeditions, including the one which collected the type
specimen of this gull.
1st WP Record: [1st winter] 21 February 1990. The Lough, Cork, Ireland. Jim Wilson. Remained in
the general area until 5 March (O'Sullivan, O. & Smiddy, P. 1990. 37th Irish Bird Report. Irish Birds
4(2): 246).
Allard, K.A. et al 2010. Apparent survival of adult Thayer's and Glaucous Gulls nesting sympatrically
in the Canadian high Arctic. Ardea 98(1): 43-50.
Andrle, R.F. 1969. 'Thayer's' Gull in the Niagra Frontier region. The Auk 86(1): 106-109.
Archer, E. 2004. Port of call. Birdwatch 141: 21-24.
Arlow, S. 2011. Up in the dumps. Putative Thayer's Gull: Pitsea landfill site, Essex, 6 November
2010. Birdwatch 223: 52-53.
Batty, C. 2002. Late winter gulling in Eire - a seasonal selection. Birding World 15(2): 72-73.
Batty, C. et al 2003. Winter gull gallery: 2002/2003. Birding World 16(3): 114-125.
Boertmann, D. 2001. Letters: The Iceland Gull complex in Greenland. British Birds 94(11): 547.
Breen, D. 2010. A Thayer's in theory… Thayer's Gull: Ross Beach, Co. Galway, Republic of Ireland,
from 19 January 2010. Birdwatch 213: 53.
Brooks, W.S. 1915. Notes on birds from east Siberia and arctic Alaska. Bulletin of the Museum of
Comparative Zoology 59: 261-413.
Charles, D. 2012. Thayer's and Kumlien's Gulls in 2012. Birding World 25(2): 65-67.
DeBenedictis, P.A. 1990. Gleanings from the Technical Literature: Thayer's Gull. Birding XXII(4):
197-200.
Dowdall, J.F. 1989. Galway Thayer's Gull. Dutch Birding 11(4): 175-176.
Dwight, J. 1917. The Status of "Larus thayeri, Thayer's Gull". The Auk 34(4): 413-414.
Eds. 1990. Herring Gulls resembling Thayer's. Birding World 3(3): 94-95.
Ennis, T. 2002. Letters: The nameless one. Birdwatch 116: 12.
Gantlett, S. 1991. The rise and fall of Thayer's Gull. Birding World 4(3): 84-86.
Gantlett, S. 2001. A Checklist of the Bird Forms of Britain and Ireland. Birding World 14(1): 19-20.
Garner, M. & McGeehan, A. 1998. Identification of juvenile and first winter Thayer's Gull. Birding
World 11(3): 94-101.
Garner, M. & Mullarney, K. 2001. The trouble with gulls… Birdwatch 110: 12-13.
Garner, M. 2004. Rare gulls in focus. Birdwatch 141: 26-30.
Garner, M. 2011. Bigging up a Thayer's. Thayer's Gull: Rossaveal, Co. Galway, 18 February-3 March
2011. Birdwatch 227: 52.
Gaston, A.J. & Decker, R. 1985. Interbreeding of Thayer's Gull, Larus thayeri, and Kurnlien's Gull,
Larus glaucoides kumlieni, on Southampton Island, Northwest Territories. Canadian FieldNaturalist 99: 257-259.
Gay, L. et al 2005. Additional data on mitochondrial DNA of North American large gull taxa. The Auk
122(2): 684-688.
Golley, M. 1991. Letters: Thayer's Gull status and identification. Birding World 4(4): 124-125.
Gosselin, M. & David, N. 1975. Field identification of Thayer's Gulls (Larus thayeri) in eastern North
America. American Birds 29: 1059-1066.
Hallam, N. & Lewington, I. 2007. The Dix Pit gull. Birding World 20(12): 503-505.
Hallam, N. 2008. Thayer's 'scare'. Unidentified gull: Dix Pit, Oxfordshire, 4-28 December 2007.
Birdwatch 188: 62-63.
Hoffman, K. & Hoffmann, H. 1986. Thayer's / Iceland Gull Identification Problem. The Loon 58: 18-
20.
Hogg, A. 1991. The Thayer's-type Gull at Ayr. Birding World 4(3): 82-83.
Howell, S. & King, J. 1997. Letters: Glib style, a half truth seen? Birding World 10(7): 270-274.
Howell, S. & King, J. 1997. Letters: The uncertain jizz of Thayer's Gull. Birding World 10(12): 461.
Howell, S.N.G. & Elliott, M.T. 2001. Identification and Variation of Winter Adult Thayer's Gulls with
Comments on Taxonomy. Alula 7(4): 130-144.
Howell, S.N.G. & Mactavish, B. 2003. Identification and Variation of Winter Adult Kumlien's Gulls.
Alula 9(1): 2-15.
Howell, S.N.G. 1998. Shades of gray: the Catch 22 of Thayer's Gull? Birders Journal 7: 305-309.
Howell, S.N.G. 2000. Letters: Moult and age of first year 'white-winged' gulls. British Birds 93(2): 99.
Howell, S.N.G. 2001. A New Look at Moult in Gulls. Alula 7(1): 2-11.
Howell, S.N.G. et al 1999. First prebasic molt in Herring, Thayer's and Glaucous-winged Gulls.
Journal of Field Ornithology 70(4): 543-554.
IRBC 2000. Irish Rare Birds Committee Report: Thayer's Gull. Irish Birds 6(3): 409.
IRBC 2003. Irish Rare Birds Committee Report. Irish Birds 7(2): 241-250.
Jett, G. 1998. Answers to the October Photo Quiz: first-winter Thayer's Gull. Birding XXX(6): 505-506.
King, J.R. & Carey, G. 2000. Gulls in Japan. Birding World 13(4): 160-163.
King, J.R. 1997. Thayer's Gull Age. Birders Journal 6(5): 232.
Kok, D. & van Duivendijk, N. 1997. Masters of Mystery Solutions: 1st winter Glaucous-winged Gull.
Dutch Birding 19(3): 125-130.
Lehman, P. 1980. The identification of Thayer's Gull in the field. Birding 12: 198-210.
Lehto, H. et al 1998. Photonews: adult Thayer's Gull. Alula 4(2): 68.
Liebers, D. et al 2004. OrnithoNews: Herring Gull is no longer 'Lord of the Rings'. Birding World
17(4): 176.
Lonergan, P. 1999. Another Thayer's Gull in Ireland. Birding World 12(1): 38-39.
Lowe, T. 2012. The Thayer's Gull in Lincolnshire. Birding World 25(4): 148-158.
Mallins, J. 1989. Thayer's Gull in Ireland in March 1989. Dutch Birding 11(2): 81-83.
McGeehan, A. & Garner, M. 1997. The Thayer's Gull in Belfast. Birding World 10(3): 93-100.
McGeehan, A. & Millington, R. 1998. The adult Thayer's Gull in Donegal. Birding World 11(3): 102-
108.
McGeehan, A. 1989. Galway Thayer's Gull. Dutch Birding 11(4): 176-178.
McGeehan, A. 1997. DB Actueel: Thayer's Gull in Belfast. Dutch Birding 19(1): 47-48.
McGeehan, A. 1997. Identification: Gull bender. Birdwatch 59: 18-21.
McGowan, R.Y. & Kitchener, A.C. 2001. Historical and taxonomic review of the Iceland Gull Larus
glaucoides complex. British Birds 99(4): 191-195.
Mjøs, A.T. & Garner, M. 2000. The Thayer's Gull in Norway. Birding World 13(1): 10-11.
Mullarney, K. & Millington, R. 2005. The putative Thayer's Gull in County Mayo. Birding World
18(3): 105-106.
Mullarney, K. 2001. Identification matters: Gulls: the Irish question. Birdwatch 106: 18-19.
O'Keeffe, M. 2005. Was it a Thayer's? Thayer's Gull: Barnatra, Co. Mayo, 5-19 March 2005.
Birdwatch 155: 65.
Pittaway, R. 1992. Recognizable Forms: Subspecies of the Iceland Gull. Ontario Birds 10(1): 24-26.
Pittaway, R. 1999. Taxonomic history of Thayer's Gull. Ontario Birds 17(1): 1-13.
Pulich, W.M. 1980. A Thayer's Gull specimen from Texas: a problem in identification. Southwestern
Naturalist 25: 257-282.
Rowlands, A. 2011. The Carl Zeiss Award: Putative Thayer's Gull, Pitsea landfill, Essex, November
2010. British Birds 104(8): 462-465.
Sutton, G. & Parmelee, D.F. 1978. On Maturation of Thayer's Gull. The Wilson Bulletin 90(4): 479.
Tove, M.H. 1985. First Utah records of Thayer's and Mew Gulls, with comments on their regional
distribution and status. Western Birds 16(3): 147-150.
Tove, M.H. 1985. General Field Notes: A Record of Thayer's Gull from Hatteras Inlet, Dare County,
N.C. The Chat 49(2): 44-46.
Wahl, T.R. 1975. Seabirds in Washington's offshore zone. Western Birds 6(4): 117-134 (127).
Walker, D. 1991. Letters: The Dungeness Thayer's-type Gull. Birding World 4(6): 213.
Weir, D.N. et al 2000. Hybridization and changes in the distribution of Iceland gulls (Larus glaucoides
/ kumlieni / thayeri). Journal of Zoology 252(4): 517-530.
Wilson, J. 1990. Thayer's Gull in County Cork. Birding World 3(3): 91-93.
Zimmer, K.J. 1991. The impossible identification zone. Plumage variation in 'Kumlien's' Iceland Gull.
Birding 19: 254-269.