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 hybrid? michahellis 1CY June-July 2011, Tel Aviv - University Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
As described in the ADULT APRIL section, in 2011 the Tel Aviv University Zoological Garden has been the location for two suspected Armenian Gull hybrid paires with michahellis.
below: 1CY June 18 2011, Tel Aviv - University Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
This image below is a bird from the nest with the less clear armenicus parent (which may be michahellis x armenicus itself?), see here. At the moment, we just call it "local 1CY michahellis" until we know more about the parent's backgrounds.
Juvenile bird, primaries not yet fully grown.
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below: 1CY July 09 2011, Tel Aviv - University Zool. Garden, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
This image below is the young bird from the nest with the parent.
 and michahellis female AE4F9929 TLV Uni. Zoo. Garden 9.7.11.jpg)
 and michahellis female AE4F9926 TLV Uni. Zoo. Garden 9.7.11.jpg)