IDENTIFICATION OF YELLOW-LEGGED GULLS

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Gull skins Naturalis collection

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skins from left to right:

Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus collected in gull colony of Berlenga Island, Peniche,Portugal;

Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus collected in gull colony of Port of Rotterdam,The Netherlands;

Portuguese Atlantic Gull Larus atlantis berlengaensis collected in gull colony of Berlenga Island, Peniche,Portugal;

Portuguese Atlantic Gull Larus atlantis berlengaensis collected in gull colony of Berlenga Island, Peniche,Portugal;

West Mediterranean Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis camarquensis collected in Parque Nationale de la Camarque, France;

West Mediterranean Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis camarquensis collected in Parque Nationale de la Camarque, France;

West Mediterranean Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis camarquensis collected in Parque Nationale de la Camarque, France;

Dutch Herring Gull Larus argentatus argenteus collected in gull colony of Port of Rotterdam,The Netherlands;

 

NB please note that I consider all yellow-legged gulls from the Atlantic coast of Iberia i.e. NW Spain,Portugal.Gibraltar as belonging to the atlantis group.

Norman Deans van Swelm

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