Category: Gulls

Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Post author By Patrick
Post date March 31, 2017

>> GENERAL >>>>>

– medium-sized gull
– size like a pigeon, but more elegant with slimmer wings
– diurnal migrant, to lesser extent nocturnal
– migrates in small to large flocks in formation

>> VISUAL ID >>>>>

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, AD BREED
BIF1984, 17/04/2010, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, AD BREED
BIF0363, 24/06/2009, Leipzig, Germany, Mathias Putze

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, AD BREED
BIF1981, 05/07/2017, Cuxhaven, Germany, Mathias Putze

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, AD NBREED
BIF0085, 16/11/2012, Cuxhaven, Germany, Mathias Putze

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, AD NBREED
BIF0084, 16/11/2012, Cuxhaven, Germany, Mathias Putze

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, 2CY
BIF1983, 05/07/2017, Cuxhaven, Germany, Mathias Putze

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, 2CY
BIF0362, 23/08/2012, Cuxhaven, Germany, Mathias Putze

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, 2CY
BIF0364, 08/01/2010, Leipzig, Germany, Mathias Putze

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, 1CY
BIF0723, 01/07/2015, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, 1CY
BIF1672, 03/07/2015, North Sea, offshore, Roland Neumann

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, 1CY
BIF1670, 01/07/2015, Rügen, Germany, Roland Neumann

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, AD BREED, 1CY
BIF0365, 15/07/2009, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, AD NBREED -> BREED
BIF2773, 17/02/2018, North Sea, offshore, Roland Neumann

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, AD NBREED
BIF0366, 30/10/2014, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, AD NBREED, 1CY
BIF2772, 09/10/2017, Kühlungsborn, Germany, Roland Neumann

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
BIF0367, 26/05/2011, Dornod, Mongolia, Mathias Putze

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>

– overview –

– detail –

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, calls in flight
BIF0086, 21/06/2009, Delitzsch, Germany, Patrick Franke

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>

Slender-billed Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Little Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Pallas’s Gull

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Gulls Laridae – Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Mediterranean Gull
Larus melanocephalus

Post author By Admin
Post date June 15, 2016

>> GENERAL >>>>>

– medium-sized gull, slightly larger than Common Black-headed Gull
– diurnal/nocturnal migrant
– migrates singly or in small, loose flocks

>> VISUAL ID >>>>>

Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus, 2CY
BIF2898, 10/03/2013, Bremen, Germany, Graeme Pegram

Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus, 1CY
Common Gull Larus canus, 1CY
BIF0559, 11/10/2009, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze

Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus, 2CY
BIF0557, 10/06/2009, Stade, Germany, Mathias Putze

Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus, 2CY
BIF0556, 10/06/2009, Stade, Germany, Mathias Putze

Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus, 3CY BREED
BIF0558, 10/06/2009, Stade, Germany, Mathias Putze

Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus, AD BREED
BIF0555, 30/06/2010, Kiskunsági, Hungary, Mathias Putze

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>

Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus, AD
BIF0886, 19/04/2014, Löbnitz, Germany, Patrick Franke

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>

Slender-billed Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Common Black-headed Gull
Little Gull
Pallas’s Gull

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Gulls Laridae – Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Slender-billed Gull
Chroicocephalus genei

Post author By Patrick
Post date January 13, 2013

>> GENERAL >>>>>

– medium-sized Gull
– slightly larger than Common Black-headed Gull
– diurnal migrant, to lesser extent nocturnal
– migrates in small to large flocks in formation

>> VISUAL ID >>>>>

Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei, AD
BIF0082, 12/12/2012, Merdja Zerga, Morocco, Mathias Putze

Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei, AD
BIF0081, 12/12/2012, Merdja Zerga, Morocco, Mathias Putze

Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei, AD
BIF0465, 26/02/2015, Shinas, Sultanate of Oman, Mathias Putze

Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei, AD
BIF0466, 26/02/2015, Shinas, Sultanate of Oman, Mathias Putze

Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei, 2CY
BIF0467, 20/02/2015, Taqah, Sultanate of Oman, Mathias Putze

Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei, 2CY
BIF0468, 20/02/2015, Taqah, Sultanate of Oman, Mathias Putze

Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei, 2CY
BIF0469, 20/02/2015, Taqah, Sultanate of Oman, Mathias Putze

Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei, 2CY
BIF0470, 13/02/2015, Masirah, Sultanate of Oman, Mathias Putze

Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei, 2CY, AD (left, background)
BIF0471, 13/02/2015, Masirah, Sultanate of Oman, Mathias Putze

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>

Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei, AD, calls in flight
BIF0083, 04/05/2012, Wadi-Al-Rayan, Egypt, Patrick Franke

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>

Bonaparte’s Gull
Common Black-headed Gull
Little Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Pallas’s Gull

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