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 February
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.
Yellow-legged lusitanius 3CY AK3H February 04 2009, Playa de San Ciprian, Lugo, N Spain. Picture: Delfín González.
Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 3CY-4CY I357 February 2005 & January 2006, Switzerland. Picture: Stephane Aubry.
Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 3CY SR97 February 03 2007, Molfetta, Bari, Italy (41.12 N 16.36 E).
Picture: A. Nitti.
Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 3CY, February 18-19 2012, Jakuševec landfill, Zagreb, Croatia.
Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 3CY, February 18-19 2012, Jakuševec landfill, Zagreb, Croatia.
Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 3CY, February 18-19 2012, Jakuševec landfill, Zagreb, Croatia.
Yellow-legged
Gull michahellis 3CY, February 06-09 2003, Etaples, NW France (50.44N-01.35E). Six
images of this individual.
Yellow-legged Gull lusitanius 3CY, February 08 2011, Oia, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. Photo: Quique Carballal.
Yellow-legged
Gull lusitanius 3CY, February 09 2011, Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. Photo: Quique Carballal.