Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)

Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)

Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) - 1st Winter

Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)

Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) - 1st Winter

Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)

Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) - 2nd Winter

About Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)

Kingdom: Animals
Phylum: Chordates
Class: Birds
Order: Shorebirds and Allies
Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

The yellow-legged gull or western yellow-legged gull is a large gull found in 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. argentatus. The genus name is from Latin Larus which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird, and the species name honours the German zoologist Karl Michahelles.

Source: Wikipedia