Birds of the Algarve

Gulls of the Algarve

Tuesday, April 8, 2008 2:16:37 PM

Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus - Winter/Passage (sometimes numerous)
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla megalopterus - Vagrant
Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan - Vagrant
Little Gull Larus minutus - uncommon Winter
Sabine's Gull Larus sabini - Vagrant
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus - Common Winter/Passage
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei - Rare Passage (regular in Castro Marim)
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii - Passage and now breeds in Tavira and Castro Marim
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis - Vagrant
Mew Gull Larus canus canus - Vagrant
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus graellsii - Common Winter
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus intermedius - Common Winter
Herring Gull Larus argentatus argenteus - Vagrant
Herring Gull Larus argentatus argentatus - Vagrant
American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus - Vagrant
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis lusitanius - Winter/Passage (a few ringed birds from Berlengas and small YLG possibly of this race regular)
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis michahellis - Common Resident (breeds in the sea cliffs)
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides glaucoides - Vagrant
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus hyperboreus - Vagrant
Greater Black-backed Gull Larus marinus - Rare Winter
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla tridactyla - Rare Winter

Phoenicopterus minor in Castro MarimWhere do the Algarve's Gulls come from?

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