Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis

(last update: May 16, 2011)

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 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.

L. michahellis: 2cy February
 2cy michahellis in February, ringed in S France. (65347 bytes) michahellis 2cy 071Z February 06 2003, Boulogne/Mer, France.
adult michahellis in April. (61415 bytes) michahellis 2cy U0AB February 04 2011, Ashdod sea shore, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
2cy michahellis in February. (71458 bytes)michahellis 2cy February 02 2003, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2cy michahellis in February. (43638 bytes)michahellis 2cy February 06 2003, Boulogne/Mer, France.
2cy michahellis in February. (57171 bytes)michahellis 2cy February 06 2003, Boulogne/Mer, France.
2cy michahellis in February. (40784 bytes)michahellis 2cy February 09 2003, Boulogne/Mer, France.
2cy michahellis in February. (58120 bytes)michahellis 2cy February 09 2003, Boulogne/Mer, France.
2cy michahellis in February. (65420 bytes)michahellis 2cy February 09 2003, Boulogne/Mer, France.