Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis

(last update: October 08 2013)

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

Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 1CY, September 20 2002, Boulogne-sur-Mer, NW France.

1CY Yellow-legged Gull with all the wing-coverts, tertails and tail-feathers still juvenile. The scapulars have been replaced for second generation feathers, except the lowest row of lower scapulars.

Note the strong and powerful bill, the slopy forehead and pale pinkish legs. The tertials have an extensive dark centre and a white narrow fringe without obvious notching. The lesser and lower lesser coverts show this same simple pattern, lacking deep notching.