Resident Birds of the Azores

The Azores islands are an archipelago located in the middle of the Atlantic, ruled by Portugal. Though its fauna and flora are mostly of European origin, many endemic species and subspecies. This short guide aims to help the amateur naturalist get familiar with the Azorean endemic ...more ↓

Yellow-legged Gull

The Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis), sometimes referred to as Western Yellow-legged Gull (to distinguish it from eastern populations of yellow-legged large white-headed gulls), is a large gull of 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 ...more ↓

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