Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis

(last update: October 08 2013)

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

Larus michahellis - 3CY March

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.

2cy michahellis in August, ringed in Switzerland.Yellow-legged Gull lusitanius 3CY AA3N March 30 2004, VRSU de Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain. Picture: Delfín González.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 2CY-3CY ISTN 2005-2006, Switzerland. Picture: Stephane Aubry.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 3CY HES M0xx March 21 2007, Portalban, Switzerland. Picture: Stephane Aubry.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis U7CF 1CY & 3CY, June 2011 & March 2013, Tel Aviv & Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 3CY, March 29 2013, Ashdod Yavne, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis sub-adult, March 25 2013, Tel Aviv - University Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 3CY, March 21 2007, Portalban, Switzerland. Picture: Stephane Aubry.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 3CY, March 21 2007, Portalban, Switzerland. Picture: Stephane Aubry.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 3CY, March 21 2007, Portalban, Switzerland. Picture: Stephane Aubry.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 3CY, March 21 2007, Portalban, Switzerland. Picture: Stephane Aubry.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 3CY, March 21 2007, Portalban, Switzerland. Picture: Stephane Aubry.
3cy michahellis in March. (46940 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 3CY, March 18 2003, Etaples, NW France (50.44N-01.35E). Same individual as in 3CY February section.
3cy michahellis in March. (63677 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 3CY, March 17 2003, Etaples, NW France (50.44N-01.35E). Two images.
3cy michahellis in March. (67721 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 3CY, March 17 2003, Etaples, NW France (50.44N-01.35E).
3cy michahellis in March. (52332 bytes)Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 3CY, March 18 2003, Etaples, NW France (50.44N-01.35E).