@article{acb7c3024db7487ab5520cda959e4e1c,
title = "Morphological and genetic analyses reveal the first Mediterranean occurrence of American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus",
abstract = "We report here the first record of an American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus in a Mediterranean coastal site (18 February–14 March 2019, Fuengirola, Malaga, S Spain). This gull was an adult bird and its identification was confirmed by a combination of mtDNA molecular analyses and morphological characters. This record furthermore stands as possibly the first ever adult bird of the {\textquoteleft}Niagara{\textquoteright} phenotype in Europe, which would indicate that it originated from the central region of USA/Canada or even from the west coast. This is the southernmostrecord of an adult bird of this species in the Western Palearctic and the eleventh for the Iberian Peninsula since 1991.",
keywords = "American Herring Gull, Cytb, COI, gene sequence, mtDNA, vagrancy",
author = "{Garc{\'i}a Barcelona}, Salvador and Tereza Senfeld and Thomas Shannon and Jon Collinson and Pim Edelaar and Asier Aldalur and Gabriel Mart{\'i}n and {Garc{\'i}a Mudarra}, {Juan Luis} and Javier Juste",
note = "Acknowledgements Special thanks are due to the anonymous reviewers for their suggestions that helped improve this manuscript. As well, many gull-lovers contributed to the funding of the analyses and the identification of this gull: Peter Adriaens, Camilo Albert, Carlos {\'A}lvarez Cros, Amaya Alzaga, David Calleja, Albert Cama, Sophie Demian Picollet, Mar{\'i}a Fidela Garc{\'i}a, Delf{\'i}n Gonz{\'a}lez, Aurora G. Tarodo, Antonio Guti{\'e}rrez, Ricard Guti{\'e}rrez, Pere Josa, Daniel L{\'o}pez Velasco, Joaqu{\'i}n L{\'o}pez, Ignacio A. Men{\'e}ndez, Jes{\'u}s Men{\'e}ndez, Jos{\'e} Luis Pacheco, Rafael Palomo, Ricardo Rodr{\'i}guez, J. Antonio Salazar, Tito Salvadores, J.R. S{\'a}nchez Buga, Xabier Saralegui, J. A. Sarri{\'o}n, Xabier Varela, Nacho Vega and Montserrat Vilosa.",
year = "2021",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.2436/20.8100.01.28",
language = "English",
volume = "37",
pages = "1--9",
journal = "Revista catalana d'ornitologia = Catalan journal of ornithology",
issn = "1697-4697",
publisher = "Institut Catala d'Ornitologia",
}