Gulls
Tips to identify these birds.
A total of 4 species is included.
- 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
- 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
- white: Mediterranean gull [Adult]
- yellow: Common gull
- gray: Yellow-legged gull
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Mediterranean gull / Schwarzkopfmöwe (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
Schwarzkopfmöwen, Männchen in Prachtkleid links, Weibchen rechts. 2022-12-03 10:33:42 Rapperswil 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 |
Common gull / Sturmmöwe (Larus canus)
Fantasievolle Sturmmöwe Zürichsee, Postkarte vom Teddys Souvenir Shop, Limmatquai, Zürich. 2021-09-11 12:00:00
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Black-headed gull / Lachmöwe (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Flussseeschwalbe mit seinen kurzen Beinen neben einer Lachmöwe im Prachtkleid. 2022-06-23 17:47:56 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge Cormorant, Graureiher, zwei Lachmöwen am Klingnauerstausee. 2022-02-05 10:35:32 Klingnauer Stausee (man-made lake) |
Yellow-legged gull / Mittelmeermöwe (Larus michahellis)
Mittelmeermöwe, Tenero. 2024-09-04 18:20:23 Locarno |