Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Gulls :: Mediterranean Gull

Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus

Described by: Temminck (1820)
Alternate common name(s): Mediterranean Black-headed Gull
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Kaba, Hungary - Aug 16, 2002 © Max Andrews  Tarnos, Landes, Aquitaine, France - Nov 1, 2000 © Alain Fossé  Le Pouliguen, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de La Loire, France - Jul 3, 2002 © Alain Fossé  Le Pouliguen, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de La Loire, France - Jul 3, 2002 © Alain Fossé  Arcachon, Gironde, Aquitaine, France - Jan 27, 2001 © Alain Fossé 
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Range

Europe and ex. w. Asia;
S. British Isles, s. North Sea and s. Scandinavia s. to the Mediterranean in s. France, Italy, Greece, Menderes Delta, Turkey, n. Black Sea (Sea of Azov region) and sw. former USSR to Caspian Sea (Azerbaijan and Baku Archipelago).
Winters in the Mediterranean Basin (s. Europe and n. Africa) and the Black Sea.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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