Yellow-legged Gull
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Yellow-legged Gull

Larus michahellis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Insufficient data
overall probability at Mercantour National Park
2 Verified records at Mercantour National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The yellow-legged gull or western yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) is a large gull found in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, which has only recently achieved wide recognition as a distinct species. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of either the Caspian gull L. cachinnans, or more broadly as a subspecies of the herring gull L. argentatus. The genus name is from Latin Larus which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird, and the species name honours the German zoologist Karl Michahelles. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Mercantour National Park

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Insufficient data
Common Redshank
LC

Common Redshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa totanus

Insufficient data
Wood Sandpiper
LC

Wood Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa glareola

Insufficient data
Common Greenshank
LC

Common Greenshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa nebularia

Insufficient data
Eurasian Woodcock
LC

Eurasian Woodcock

Bird

Scolopax rusticola

Insufficient data
Green Sandpiper
LC

Green Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa ochropus

<5% · Rare
Common Sandpiper
LC

Common Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis hypoleucos

<5% · Rare
Eurasian Dotterel

Eurasian Dotterel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Charadrius morinellus

Insufficient data
Black-winged Stilt
LC

Black-winged Stilt

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Himantopus himantopus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Yellow-legged Gull at Mercantour National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
40–50%
2 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
20–30%
3 Hortobágy National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
20–30%
4 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
10–20%
5 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
10–20%
6 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
5–10%
7 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%
8 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%
9 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
10 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
11 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
12 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
Insufficient data
13 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data
14 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
Insufficient data
15 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data
16 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data
17 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data
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