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Silver Gull Aerial Predation and gulls in Istanbul

By Birding-Aus, on December 11th, 2010

Hi Carl,

The large white-headed gulls in Istanbul are Yellow-legged Gulls (Larus michahellis).

Cheers,

Nikolas

Birding-Aus
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2 comments to Silver Gull Aerial Predation and gulls in Istanbul

  • "Tony Keene"
    December 11, 2010 at 9:41 pm

    I heard some forward-thinking souls proposed that gulls should be lumped as follows: Big Gull; Small Gull; Ross’ Gull.

    Mind you, what are the chances of Armenian Gull in Istanbul? If it’s any help, Yellow-legged, Caspian and Armenian Gulls have all been considered at various points as subspecies of the Herring Gull. Cheers,

    Tony

  • Carl Clifford
    December 11, 2010 at 8:19 pm

    Hi Nikolas,

    Thanks for that. I was told they were Herrings by a travelling birder, when I was there, last century. Ah well, that was an easy tick.

    Cheers,

    Carl

    Hi Carl,

    The large white-headed gulls in Istanbul are Yellow-legged Gulls (Larus michahellis).

    Cheers,

    Nikolas

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