Yellow-legged Gull - Geelpootmeeuw (L. michahellis): sub-adult Nov.

(last update: 16 april 2004)

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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.

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 sub-adult michahellis in November, ringed in S France. (90516 bytes)michahellis 314A 4cy, November 25 2003, Sète, S France (43°24'N - 03°42'E). Photo R. Altenburg.
sub-adult michahellis in November, ringed in S France. (55741 bytes)michahellis 4cy 762A, November 27 2003, Port-la-Nouvelle, S France (43°00'N - 3°04'E). Photo R. Altenburg.
sub-adult michahellis in November, ringed in S France. (82697 bytes)michahellis 543C sub-adult, November 25 2003, Sète, S France. Photo R. Altenburg.
sub-adult michahellis in November, ringed in NE Spain. (67706 bytes)michahellis N5U4 sub-adult, November 23 2003, Rosas, NE Spain. Photo R. Altenburg.
sub-adult michahellis in November.Photo 474: michahellis sub-adult, November 27 2003, Port la Nouvelle, S France.