The Lesser Black-blacked Gull breeds in Greenland (Boertmann, 2008)
where it is increasing. This is probably the source of (most) of the
birds occurring in Canada and the U.S. (Ayyash, 2013). Although there
are records of birds banded in the Netherlands sighted in Puerto Rico
and Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, NY (Hallgrinsson, et al. 2011)
Ayyash, A. 2013. Rethinking the Lesser Black-backed Gull in North
America. Birding, 45: 34-41.
Boertman, D. 2008. The Lesser Black-backed Gull in Greenland, Larus
fuscus, in Greenland, Arctic 61: 129-133. http://
pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic61-2-129.pdf
Hallgrimsson et al. 2011. First Records of European-Banded Lesser
Black-backed Gulls Larus fuscus in America. Marine Ornithology 39:
137-139. https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/39_1_137-139.pdf
For a history of this species in North America from 1850 through 1994
see:
Post, P.W. and R.H. Lewis 1995. The Lesser Black-backed Gull in the
Americas. Occurrence and Subspecific Identify. Part !. Taxonomy,
Distribution, and Migration. Birding 27: 282-290, 1995.
Peter
Peter Post
New York City
pwp...@nyc.rr.com
On Sep 15, 2015, at 8:46 PM, Richard Guthrie wrote:
Interesting, how things have changed. The 1947 version of the
Peterson Field Guide to Birds states that there were only a handful
of records of Lesser Black-backed Gull in North America - and no
specimens.
Has there been any established breeding population in North America
yet?
Rich Guthrie
New Baltimore
The Greene County
New York
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