Gulls

• head:
• gray: Yellow-legged gull
• white:
• Mediterranean gull [Youth]: sprinkled with gray around the eyes
• Common gull: Gray in winter and when young
• Black-headed gull [Winter]: With Charlie Brown-style half circle behind the eye
• legs:
• yellow: Common gull
• red:
• Mediterranean gull: Their feet are dark red [legs presumably too].
• Black-headed gull
• tail:
• white: Mediterranean gull [Adult]
• black:
• Mediterranean gull [Youth]: tip of tail black-brown by young birds
• Black-headed gull [Summer]
• beak:
• red:
• Mediterranean gull: Dark red beak [in Levanto I said orange], usually with yellow to orange tip but can also be red. Between the tip and the shaft is a dark band.
• Black-headed gull
• wings:
• gray:
• Mediterranean gull: very pale grey mantle and wings with white primary feathers without black tips.
• Black-headed gull
These can't be distinguished based on the identifying characteristics entered so far
• black:
• Mediterranean gull [Adult]
• Black-headed gull [Summer]
• tail:
• white: Mediterranean gull [Adult]
• black:
• Mediterranean gull [Youth]: tip of tail black-brown by young birds
• Black-headed gull [Summer]
• legs:
• red:
• Mediterranean gull: Their feet are dark red [legs presumably too].
• Black-headed gull
• beak:
• red:
• Mediterranean gull: Dark red beak [in Levanto I said orange], usually with yellow to orange tip but can also be red. Between the tip and the shaft is a dark band.
• Black-headed gull
• wings:
• gray:
• Mediterranean gull: very pale grey mantle and wings with white primary feathers without black tips.
• Black-headed gull
These can't be distinguished based on the identifying characteristics entered so far

Mediterranean gull / Schwarzkopfmöwe (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) Schwarzkopfmoewen, Maennchen in Prachtkleid links, Weibchen rechts. 2022-12-03 10.33.42 Rapperswil Schwarzkopfmoewe, Tom meint der meist fotografierte Vogel in Rappi, weil nur ein paar dort auftachen, diese aber jeden Winter. 2022-12-03 10.29.14 Rapperswil Profile

Common gull / Sturmmöwe (Larus canus) Fantasievolle Sturmmöwe Zuerichsee, Postkarte vom Teddys Souvenir Shop, Limmatquai, Zuerich. 2021-09-11 12.00.00 Near Badi Auslikon at the Pfäffikersee. I thought I had only seen black-headed gulls, but on reviewing my photos, I noticed the yellow bill. Other typical characteristics: it's bigger than the black-headed gull next to it, it doesn't have the Charlie Brown half-ring around the eye, it has less gray and only a few shorter black tail feathers. 2021-02-05 11.34.30 Pfäffikersee Profile

Black-headed gull / Lachmöwe (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) Hunderte von Lachmoewen am Greifensee. 2021-10-30 11.19.58 Um Naturzentrum Silberweide am Greifensee On a canal feeding into the Pfäffikersee Paradoxically, they don't have to have a black head. 2020-10-30 16.51.58 Pfäffikersee Profile

Yellow-legged gull / Mittelmeermöwe (Larus michahellis) Mittelmeermoewe frisst Muschel. 2021-03-07 12.41.04 Profile