Yellow-legged gull

Yellow-legged gull
	Georges-Valbon, France
	Juvenile, Portosín, Porto do Son, Galicia, Spain
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Laridae
Genus:	Larus
Species:	L. michahellis
Binomial name
	Larus michahellis; Naumann, 1840
Synonyms
	Larus argentatus michahellis Naumann, 1840; Larus cachinnans michahellis Naumann, 1840; Larus cachinnans atlantis; Larus cachinnans lusitanius

The 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.^[2]

^ BirdLife International (2019). "Larus michahellis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T62030970A154522526. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T62030970A154522526.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 219, 253. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] BirdLife International (2019). "Larus michahellis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T62030970A154522526. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T62030970A154522526.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[job-2] Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 219, 253. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

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