Gulls

• head:
• black:
• Mediterranean gull [Adult]
• Black-headed gull [Summer]
• tail:
• 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
• white: Mediterranean gull [Adult]
• 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:
• red:
• Mediterranean gull: Their feet are dark red [legs presumably too].
• Black-headed gull
• tail:
• 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
• white: Mediterranean gull [Adult]
• yellow: Common gull
• gray: Yellow-legged gull

Mediterranean gull / Schwarzkopfmöwe (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) Schwarzkopfmöwen, Männchen in Prachtkleid links, Weibchen rechts. 2022-12-03 10:33:42 Rapperswil NIKON D5600 ISO 500 Exposure 0.001 Schwarzkopfmöwe, 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 NIKON D5600 ISO 800 Exposure 0.002 Profile

Common gull / Sturmmöwe (Larus canus) Fantasievolle Sturmmöwe Zürichsee, Postkarte vom Teddys Souvenir Shop, Limmatquai, Zürich. 2021-09-11 12:00:00 Canon TR8500 series Near Badi Auslikon at the Pfäffikersee. 2021-02-05 11:34:30 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. Pfäffikersee NIKON D3100 ISO 100 Exposure 0.004 Profile

Black-headed gull / Lachmöwe (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) Hunderte von Lachmöwen am Greifensee. 2021-10-30 11:19:58 Source: OTHER 20211030_111958-DSC_0308 Hunderte von Lachmoewen am Greifensee.JPG Greifensee NIKON D5600 ISO 800 Exposure 0.002 On a canal feeding into the Pfäffikersee 2020-10-30 16:51:58 Paradoxically, they don't have to have a black head. Pfäffikersee NIKON D3100 ISO 100 Exposure 0.02 Profile

Yellow-legged gull / Mittelmeermöwe (Larus michahellis) Mittelmeermöwe, Tenero. 2024-09-04 18:20:26 Greater Fehraltorf Profile