Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis

(last update: October 08 2013)

Coordinators:
Delfín González
Gabriel Martín
Antonio Gutierrez
Amir Ben Dov
Mars Muusse

Larus michahellis - 1CY May

This website deals with the Yellow-legged Gull taxon michahellis, which is a common migrant from July to December in NW Europe. After extensive expansion of the breeding population during the last three decades, it nowadays can be found breeding in Belgium, the Netherlands and Britain in mixed couples with both Herring Gull (argenteus) and Lesser Black-backed Gull (graellsii). There are subtle differences between the populations from the Mediterranean, Atlantic coast of Portugal and Morocco and from the islands in the Atlantic. Most pronounced differences can be found in the taxon atlantis, now regarded as full species by some authors and birds along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian peninsular: lusitanius. Both atlantis and lusitanius are treated in their own sections on this website.

General description:

Recently hatched pulli in the colony, birds all fluffy and very cude. Attending parents for food.


michahellis pulli, May 18 2011, Tel Aviv - University Zool. Garden, Israel. Birds ringed and now released. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.


michahellis pulli, May 30 2011, Tel Aviv - University Zool. Garden, Israel. Birds about 27-29 days old. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.

adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes) Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 1CY U0FA May 24 2011, Tel Aviv University - Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis1CY U1AF May 24 2011, Tel Aviv University - Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 1CY U3FC May 30 2011, Tel Aviv University - Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis U6DJ 1CY & 4CY, May 30 2011 & April 20 2014, Ramat Gan Safari, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.

adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 1CY U6AH May 30 2011, Tel Aviv University - Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 1CY U9DB May 24 2011, Tel Aviv University - Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 1CY U9MD May 24 2011, Tel Aviv University - Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
2cy michahellis in August, ringed in Switzerland.Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 1CY HES M0xxxxxMay 24 2007, Portalban, Switzerland. Picture: Stephane Aubry.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis pullus May 22 2011, Tel Aviv University - Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis pullus May 30 2011, Tel Aviv University - Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis pullus May 30 2011, Tel Aviv University - Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis pullus May 30 2011, Tel Aviv University - Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis pullus May 30 2011, Tel Aviv University - Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis pullus May 24 2011, Tel Aviv University - Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis pullus May 24 2011, Tel Aviv University - Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis pullus May 24 2011, Tel Aviv University - Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis pullus May 24 2011, Tel Aviv University - Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis pullus May 23 2011, Tel Aviv University - Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis pullus May 24 2011, Tel Aviv University - Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis pullus May 30 2011, Tel Aviv University - Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.