Adult Yellow-legged Gull




Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis

1: © Ruud Altenburg, 23-11-03. Roses. Adult female.



Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis

2: © Ruud Altenburg, 23-11-03. Roses. (Sub)ad female. Note that this bird has extensive white tips to the primaries, with an inconspicuous, broken band on P9 and the white tip merging with the mirror on P10.



Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis

3: © Ruud Altenburg 24-11-03. Port-la-Nouvelle. Adult.



Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis

4: © Ruud Altenburg, 25-11-03. Sète. (Sub)adult.



Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis

5: © Ruud Altenburg, 25-11-03. Sète. 5cy white 543C, ringed at Salin de Giraud on 13-05-99.



Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis

6 © Ruud Altenburg, 27-11-03. Port-la-Nouvelle. Close-up of female.



Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis

7: © Ruud Altenburg 24-11-03. Port-la-Nouvelle. Adults. Note the very deep yellow, almost orange legs and very large red gonys spot.




Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis

8: © Ruud Altenburg 23-11-03. Roses. Pair, with female at the left.