The yellow-legged gull has been protected by Maltese law for over 30 years. ... Immature birds are mottled grey and can be confused with other similar species.

Luckily these two species can be distinguished by their leg color - the great black-backed gull has pink legs, the lesser has yellow legs. ... This was an immature great black-backed gull.

A yellow-legged gull that was tagged in Portugal in 2019 as a chick was recently recorded in Israel, marking the longest ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Larus michahellis is a large, yellow-legged seagull, a European scavenger rarely seen in the United States. And like gulls the world over, this bird likes to dine at ...

The previous world record for a yellow-legged gull stood at only 1,840 km. By ZIV REINSTEIN MARCH 10, 2025 13:48 The gull which traveled from Portugal to Israel was tagged, allowing researchers to ...

An immature yellow-legged gull roosts on a wall in Gallipoli, Italy. Yellow-legged gulls attain adult plumage after 5 years. Photo Credit: Kathy Adams Clark.

To study how yellow-legged gull embryos learned social cues, Dr. Noguera and his colleague, Alberto Velando, camped out on tiny Sálvora during the birds’ egg-laying season.

The yellow-legged gull has a high ability to adapt to human activities and benefit from these as a food resource during all year. This is stated in a scientific article published in the journal ...