Female-Female Pairing in Western Gulls (Larus occidentalis) in Southern California
Hunt GL and Hunt MW. 1977. Female-Female Pairing in Western Gulls (Larus occidentalis) in Southern California. Science. 196(4297):1466-1467
Long-term female pairs of Western Gulls are associated with supernormal clutches of eggs on Santa Barbara Island, CA. Both females in the pair contribute to the clutch. Most eggs in supernormal clutches are infertile. In some female pairs, one of the females exhibited behaviors normally ascribed only to males.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Hunt, George; Hunt, Molly
- Units
- CHIS
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Eggs, homosexual pairing, Santa Barbara Island Channel Islands National Park CA, Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)