Yellow-legged gull: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the yellow-legged gull lives – recorded in 43 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Larus michahellis
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	43 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Laridae

Where does the yellow-legged gull live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the yellow-legged gull in 43 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the yellow-legged gull endangered?

The yellow-legged gull’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the yellow-legged gull?

The yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Laridae, genus Larus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the yellow-legged gull

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Yellow-legged gull (revision 1374819964), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q704982 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).