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