[permalink] [id link]
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.
from
Wikipedia
Some Related Sentences
Yellow-legged and Gull
* Larus michahellis Yellow-legged Gull
* Yellow-legged Gull, Larus michahellis
* Yellow-legged Gull, Larus michahellis
* Yellow-legged Gull, Larus michahellis
Several other gulls have been included in this species in the past but are now normally considered separate, e. g. Yellow-legged Gull ( L. michahellis ), Caspian Gull ( L. cachinnans ), Armenian Gull ( L. armenicus ) and Heuglin's Gull ( L. heuglini ).
It is now generally accepted that the Yellow-legged Gull is a full species, but until recently there was much disagreement.
For example, British Birds magazine split Yellow-legged Gull from Herring Gull in 1993 but included the Caspian Gull in the former, but the BOU in Great Britain retained the Yellow-legged Gull as a subspecies of the Herring Gull until 2007.
DNA research however suggests that Yellow-legged Gull is actually closest to Great Black-backed Gull L. marinus and Armenian Gull L. armenicus, while Caspian Gull is closer to Herring Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull L. fuscus, rather than being each other's closest relatives.
Yellow-legged and Larus
The Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis was named after him by Johann Friedrich Naumann.
Occasionally Grey Herons and kingfishers and more commonly the Great Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax carbo ), the Herring gull ( Larus argentatus ) and the Yellow-legged Gull ( arus michahellis ) are seen along the coast.
Yellow-legged and michahellis
Some authorities include the Yellow-legged Gull ( L. michahellis ) within L. cachinnans but it is now commonly considered to be a separate species.
There are several other taxonomically unclear examples that belong in the same superspecies complex, such as Yellow-legged Gull ( L. michahellis ), Glaucous Gull ( L. hyperboreus ), and Caspian Gull ( L. cachinnans ).
Yellow-legged and ),
Presently the islands are home or stopover for: Cory's Shearwaters ( approximately 14, 000 ), White-faced Storm-petrel ( 12, 000 ), Bulwer's Petrel ( 500 ), North Atlantic Little Shearwater ( 500 ), Madeiran Storm-petrel ( 1000 ), Yellow-legged Gull, the Roseate Tern and Berthelot's Pipit ; which are subjects of annual scientific expeditions.
Three species of sea birds breed on the islet: the European Storm Petrel ( c. 5, 000 pairs ), Cory's Shearwater ( c. 200 pairs ) and Yellow-legged Gull ( c. 130pairs ).
Yellow-legged and from
Nesting behaviour is very similar to that of Sandwich Terns, with predator avoidance by nesting in very dense colonies, and also ( in race emigrata at least ) by nesting in the late summer when predatory Yellow-legged Gulls have finished breeding and departed from the nesting area.
Many of theses species are vulnerable to local predators, primarily from populations of brown rat and predatory bird species, like the Yellow-legged Gull, which will consume the eggs and / or young of birds ( the White-faced Storm-petrel and Bulwer's Petrel are primarily susceptible ).
The Yellow-legged Tinamou suffers from widespread and continuing habitat destruction and hunting pressure.
** Yellow-legged Gull ( split from Herring Gull )
Yellow-legged and eastern
The Yellow-legged Thrush ( Turdus flavipes ) is a songbird of northern and eastern South America.
The Yellow-legged Tinamou ( Crypturellus noctivagus ) is a species of tinamou found in wooded and shrubby habitats in tropical and subtropical eastern Brazil.
Yellow-legged and large
The Strait has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because hundreds of thousands of seabirds use it every year to pass between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, including large numbers of Cory's and Balearic Shearwaters, Audouin's, Yellow-legged and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Razorbills and Atlantic Puffins.
The Yellow-legged Gull is a large gull, though the size does vary, with the smallest females being scarcely larger than a Common Gull and the largest males being roughly the size of a Great Black-backed Gull.
Yellow-legged and gulls
* Jonsson, Lars ( 1998 ) Yellow-legged gulls and yellow legged herring gulls in the Baltic Alula 4 ( 3 / 1998 ): 74-100.
Yellow-legged and is
It also breeds on the west side of the Black Sea ; here it overlaps with the Caspian Gull but there is a difference in habitat, with the Yellow-legged Gull preferring sea cliffs and Caspian Gull on flatter shores.
However, the Yellow-legged Thrush is a shy species, and the female in particular is difficult to see, since she does not sing and has a cryptic coloration.
The Yellow-legged Tinamou is approximately in length.
The island is a stopping place for many migrating birds, including the Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Common Shelduck, Little Egret, Eider, Wigeon, Yellow-legged Gull.
Yellow-legged and which
It typically nests on flat, low-lying ground by water unlike the Yellow-legged Gull which mainly nests on cliffs in areas where the two overlap.
* Herring Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull interbreed to a limited degree where their ranges overlap, producing birds of intermediate appearance, which could be confused with Yellow-legged Gulls.
Yellow-legged and species
* Caspian Gull and Yellow-legged Gull should be considered separate species according to a paper by Lars Jonsson in the journal Alula.
Yellow-legged and .
Yellow-legged Gull eating a pigeon.
Yellow-legged Gulls usually breed in colonies.
Image: Gull in Gibraltar. JPG | A Yellow-legged Gull on a guano encrusted rooftop in Gibraltar.
The legs, wings and neck are longer than those of the Herring Gull and Yellow-legged Gull.
The back and wings are a slightly darker shade of grey than the Herring Gull but slightly paler than the Yellow-legged Gull.
Gull and Larus
The birds that use these wetlands include the Freckled Duck ( Stictonetta naevosa ), Musk Duck ( Biziura lobata ), Silver Gull ( Larus novaehollandiae ), Australian Pelican ( Pelecanus conspicillatus ), Great Egret ( Ardea alba ), Glossy Ibis ( Plegadis falcinellus ), and Banded Stilt ( Cladorhynchus leucocephalus ).
The Californian Gray Pine ( Pinus sabineana ) is named after him, as is Sabine's Gull ( Larus sabini ).
Thus Larus ( argentatus ) smithsonianus means the American Herring Gull ; the notation with parentheses means that some consider it a subspecies of a larger Herring Gull species and therefore call it Larus argentatus smithsonianus, while others consider it a full species and therefore call it Larus smithsonianus ( and the user of the notation is not taking a position ).
Predators of the Atlantic Puffin include the Great Black-backed Gull ( Larus marinus ), the Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua ), and similar-sized species, which can catch a puffin in flight, or pick off one separated from the colony.
* Larus scoresbii Dolphin Gull
* Larus pacificus Pacific Gull
* Larus belcheri Band-tailed Gull
* Larus atlanticus Olrog's Gull
* Larus crassirostris Black-tailed Gull
* Larus modestus Grey Gull
* Larus heermanni Heermann's Gull
* Larus leucophthalmus White-eyed Gull
* Larus hemprichii Sooty Gull
* Larus canus Common Gull
* Larus audouinii Audouin's Gull
* Larus delawarensis Ring-billed Gull
* Larus californicus California Gull
* Larus marinus Great Black-backed Gull
* Larus dominicanus Kelp Gull
* Larus glaucescens Glaucous-winged Gull
0.207 seconds.