Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellis
The yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis), sometimes referred to as western yellow-legged gull (to distinguish it from eastern populations of yellow-legged large white-headed gulls), is a large gull of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, which has only recently achieved wide recognition as a distinct species. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of either the Caspian gull L. cachinnans, or more broadly as a subspecies of the herring gull L.
- Family
- Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Weight
- 1.1 kg
- Habitat
- Coastal
- Diet
- Vertebrates, fish and carrion
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Countries recorded
- 46
Recorded in Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, Turkey, Greece, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Bulgaria, Croatia, GI, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Israel, Morocco, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Romania, Cyprus, Hungary, Georgia, Czechia, Denmark, Malta, Ukraine, Montenegro, Algeria, Slovakia, Albania, Tunisia, Russia, Poland, VA, Bosnia and Herz., MC, Lebanon, Norway, Ireland, Libya, Canada, EH, North Macedonia, Senegal.
Where to see it: Vatican (Holy See); Piazza San Pietro (Holy See); Cortile della Pigna (Holy See); Monaco, Fontvieille (Monaco); Vatican City (Holy See).
Photo: Donald Davesne from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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