Mediterranean Gull
Larus melanocephalus

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>> GENERAL >>>>>

– medium-sized gull, slightly larger than Common Black-headed Gull
– diurnal/nocturnal migrant
– migrates singly or in small, loose flocks

>> VISUAL ID >>>>>


Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus, 2CY
BIF2898, 10/03/2013, Bremen, Germany, Graeme Pegram

BIF559_MPU_I8Z7134_20091011_medgull-1W_mewgull-1W_d_north-sea
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus, 1CY
Common Gull Larus canus, 1CY
BIF0559, 11/10/2009, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze

BIF557_MPU_I8Z1774_20090610_medgull-1-1SUM_d_stade
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus, 2CY
BIF0557, 10/06/2009, Stade, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF556_MPU_I8Z1767_20090610_medgull-1-1SUM_d_stade
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus, 2CY
BIF0556, 10/06/2009, Stade, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF558_MPU_I8Z2698_20090610_medgull-2SUM_d_stade
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus, 3CY BREED
BIF0558, 10/06/2009, Stade, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF555_MPU_I8Z8876_20100630_medgull-1-AD_hun_kiskunsagi
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus, AD BREED
BIF0555, 30/06/2010, Kiskunsági, Hungary, Mathias Putze

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>

BIF886-3_PFR09974_0-00_140419_medgull-2-FC_sn_kg-loebnitz_REF-S
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus, AD
BIF0886, 19/04/2014, Löbnitz, Germany, Patrick Franke

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>

Slender-billed Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Common Black-headed Gull
Little Gull
Pallas’s Gull

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