Nonsense, Deb, I don't really know that much about 'Atlantic Yellow-legged Gulls' myself, it's all relative, and your input is much appreciated same as anyone else's. Looking forward to someone with more experience chipping in! :t:
Hi Deb,
There is a stronger tendency for Yellow-legged Gulls of various Atlantic populations, by no means just those on island groups, to lack a white mirror on P9 as adults. Of course, some 'Mediterranean michahellis' can lack them also, but it is rarer for them to do so. Use of the name...
Hi there,
Are there any more images of the 'hooded' Yellow-legged Gull showing the pattern of the spread wing a bit better than the initial shot? Purely in terms of the head pattern, this does suggest so-called 'Azorean atlantis', but the upperparts tone seems perhaps slightly too pale for...
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