Yellow-legged gull / Mittelmeermöwe (Larus michahellis)

Mittelmeermoewe frisst Muschel. 2021-03-07 12.41.04
Classification: Genus Larus; Subfamily Larinae; Family Gulls (Laridae)
General: The yellow-legged gull 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] [more]
not sexually dimporphic.
No breeding plumage Identifying characteristics: general: head = gray (sprinkled), beak = yellow (yellow orange with a red tip esp. on the lower half), legs = yellow (yellow orange), wings = gray, tail = black (with white stripes)
Habitats: River and lake

First documented observation : 2021-03-07 in Rapperswil.