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Yellow-legged gull
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The yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) 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.[2]
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Yellow-legged gull | |
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Georges-Valbon, France | |
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Juvenile, Portosín, Porto do Son, Galicia, Spain | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Laridae |
Genus: | Larus |
Species: | L. michahellis |
Binomial name | |
Larus michahellis Naumann, 1840 | |
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Synonyms | |
Larus argentatus michahellis Naumann, 1840 |
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