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Yellow-legged Gull

Larus michahellis · Family Laridae

Larus michahellis

Family Laridae

Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
GBIF occurrence records
1,834,402
Countries and territories with records
86
Yellow-legged Gull
Cinty Ionescu from Bucharest, Romania, this edit MPF · Larus michahellis atlantis, Lagoa do Fogo, Azores 1a.jpg · CC BY 2.0 · Cinty Ionescu from Bucharest, Romania, this edit MPF · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Recordings may be trimmed and re-encoded; photos are cropped and resized.
Play song · Cedric MROCZKO · Yellow-legged_Gull_-_Larus_michahellis_michahellis.ogg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cedric MROCZKO · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Recordings may be trimmed and re-encoded; photos are cropped and resized.

About this species

This species has 1,834,402 occurrence records from 86 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Spain (38.5%), France (17%), Portugal (14.2%), Italy (7%) and Türkiye (3.2%); together they account for 80% of the total. In Spain, this species accounts for 1.4% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Larus michahellis combines the genus name Larus with the species epithet michahellis. The Warbla app catalog lists 24 species of the genus Larus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Larus delawarensis, Larus fuscus and Larus argentatus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 101 species of the family Laridae. This species ranks 11th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Larus delawarensis. Its record count is 2.1 times the family average (874,525). The family Laridae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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