Listen to the Yellow-legged gull
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About the Yellow-legged gull
The Yellow-legged gull is a bird in the family Laridae (order Charadriiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 130 cm.
What does the Yellow-legged gull sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
From Wikipedia
The yellow-legged gull or western 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.
Related birds in the genus Larus
More from the family Laridae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Yellow-legged gull sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Yellow-legged gull on this page. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Yellow-legged gull endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Yellow-legged gull as “least concern”.
What family does the Yellow-legged gull belong to?
The Yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) belongs to the family Laridae in the order Charadriiformes.
Sources & credits
- Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis michahellis by Cedric MROCZKO – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q704982 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Yellow-legged gull – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Cinty Ionescu from Bucharest, Romania, this edit MPF – CC BY 2.0