Distribution of Larus michahellis J.F. Naumann and Larus cachinnans Pallas on the Crimean Peninsula
Journal Title: Бранта: Сборник научных трудов Азово-Черноморской орнитологической станции - Year 2016, Vol 19, Issue
Abstract
Reviews of the museum collections and visual observations showed that it is not Larus cachinnans which is common in most of the Crimean Peninsula, but a sibling species - Larus michahellis. The latter breeds on coastal cliffs of the southern shore of the Crimea, and its colonies can be also found in the west of the Tarkhankut Peninsula and in the north of the Kerch Peninsula. Larus cachinnans breeds on flat islands near the northern coast of the Crimean Peninsula. According to the census of nesting gulls on the coastal cliffs of the Crimea, the Crimean population of Larus michahellis equals to about 250 pairs.
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A. N. Tsvelykh
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