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Gulls of Crete

Gulls on the island of Crete, Greece. Several species winter, seen during migration and two species breed. The ID problem in some individuals made me to create this blog but I will also put pictures of "known" ones and more informations about their behaviour, distribution and general status. Michalis Dretakis

Larus sp, Photo by Christos Vlachos

Posted by dretos at 11:24 AM
Labels: A probable "armenicus" but not a short bill

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28/11/2003, Irakleion

ID

Any comments to help me to ID any of them are welcome. The photos are taken by myself or by good friends (nature photographers) and are copyright © protected. Send e-mail to contact.

Gulls: Status on Crete

  • Rissa tridactyla - Black-legged Kittiwake - Vagrant
  • Chroicocephalus genei - Slender-billed Gull - Uncommon Migrant
  • Chroicocephalus ridibundus - Black-headed Gull - Common Winter Visitor, Migrant
  • Hydrocoloeus minutus - Little Gull - Uncommon Winter Visitor, Migrant
  • Leucophaeus atricilla (Larus atricilla) - Laughing Gull - Accidental
  • Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (Larus melanocephalus) - Mediterranean Gull - Common Winter Visitor, Migrant
  • Ichthyaetus audouinii (Larus audouinii) - Audouin's Gull - Local and Rare Breeder
  • Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus (Larus ichthyaetus) - Pallas's Gull - Vagrant
  • Larus canus - Mew Gull - Scarce Winter Visitor
  • Larus marinus - Greater Black-backed Gull - Uncorfimed Vagrant
  • Larus armenicus - Armenian Gull - Local and Rare Winter Visitor
  • Larus michahellis - Yellow-legged Gull - Abundant Breeder and Winter Visitor
  • Larus cachinnans - Caspian Gull - Common Winter Visitor, Migrant
  • Larus argentatus - Herring Gull - Vagrant
  • Larus heuglini (Larus fuscus heuglini) - Heuglin's Gull - Uncommon Winter Visitor and Migrant
  • Larus fuscus (L. f. fuscus) - Baltic Gull - Uncommon and Local Winter Visitor and Migrant
  • Larus graelsii graelsii (L. f. graelsii) Western Lesser Black-backed Gull - Awaiting its corfimation as a Rare Winter Visitor or Accidental
  • Larus graelsii intermedius - (L. f. intermedius) Scandinavian Lesser Black-backed Gull - Local Winter Visitor

Links

  • Rare birds in Greece
  • Antikythira Migratory station
  • Birding Gulls
  • Gull-research
  • Gull-watching
  • Madrid-gull-team
  • Gulls in Catalonia
  • Italian Gulls
  • Norwegian Gull-page
  • Oskar Nilsson photo blog
  • Chris Gibbins
  • Martin Reid
  • Tristan Reid
  • Gabriel Martín, Spain
  • Antonio Gutierrez
  • Ruud Altenburg
  • Norman Deans van Swelm
  • Risto Juvaste
  • Birding in Greece
  • Nature in Greece - Blog
  • Natural History Museum Crete
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Blog Archive

  • ►  2009 (5)
    • ►  November (1)
      • ►  Nov 02 (1)
        • Gulls arrived with the North winds...
    • ►  September (1)
      • ►  Sep 29 (1)
        • First autumn observation on harbour - Sep 28
    • ►  March (1)
      • ►  Mar 26 (1)
    • ►  February (1)
      • ►  Feb 13 (1)
        • Yellow-legged and Caspian Gulls: immature cases
    • ►  January (1)
      • ►  Jan 21 (1)
        • Mid Winter Gulls, Herakleion-Crete
  • ►  2008 (13)
    • ►  November (1)
      • ►  Nov 28 (1)
        • Late November Gulls
    • ►  October (1)
      • ►  Oct 31 (1)
        • Late October Gulls: armenian, steppe or other?
    • ►  September (2)
      • ►  Sep 26 (1)
        • Late September harbour Gulls
      • ►  Sep 05 (1)
        • Early September, few gulls but interesting ones!
    • ►  August (1)
      • ►  Aug 26 (1)
        • First Recovery
    • ►  June (5)
      • ►  Jun 13 (5)
        • Colour Ringing of YLGs on Crete. Part 4: YLGulls
        • Colour Ringing of YLGs on Crete. Part 3 : Weather
        • Colour Ringing of YLGs on Crete. Part 2 : Team
        • Colour Ringing of YLGs on Crete. Part 1 : Dia isla...
        • A 2nd summer Caspian?
    • ►  March (1)
      • ►  Mar 27 (1)
    • ►  February (1)
      • ►  Feb 28 (1)
        • The fuscus complex again...
    • ►  January (1)
      • ►  Jan 28 (1)
        • Kavala gulls - Aris Christidis pictures
  • ▼  2007 (27)
    • ►  November (4)
      • ►  Nov 21 (1)
        • An unidentified gull
      • ►  Nov 12 (1)
        • Arrival of Med. Gulls
      • ►  Nov 09 (1)
        • November, 8 2007 - Irakleion harbour
      • ►  Nov 07 (1)
        • November 6, new arrivals to Irakleio harbour
    • ►  October (3)
      • ►  Oct 05 (2)
        • More YLGs, early October, Irakleio, Crete
        • Gulls of the fuscus complex, Irakleio Oct 2007
      • ►  Oct 01 (1)
        • 1st October in Irakleio harbour
    • ►  September (1)
      • ►  Sep 25 (1)
        • GULLS BACK TO IRAKLEIO PORT
    • ▼  April (19)
      • ►  Apr 27 (1)
        • The Gulls of Crete in May
      • ▼  Apr 25 (17)
        • 18/01/2007: A Gulling Day with Christos Vlachos
        • Larus cachinnans, Photo by Christos Vlachos
        • Mystery Gull, Photos by Christos Vlachos
        • Larus armenicus, Photo by Christos Vlachos
        • Larus armenicus, Photo by Christos Vlachos
        • A possible Steppe Gull. Photo by Christos Vlachos
        • Larus (f) heuglini, Photo by Christos Vlachos
        • Larus (f) heuglini, Photo by Christos Vlachos
        • Larus fuscus. Photo by Christos Vlachos
        • A Baltic Gull with a metal ring from Finland, phot...
        • Larus sp, Photo by Christos Vlachos
        • Larus sp, Photo by Christos Vlachos
        • Larus sp, Photo by Christos Vlachos
        • Larus (f) heuglini, Photo by Christos Vlachos
        • Larus sp, Photo by Christos Vlachos
        • Larus (f) heuglini, Photo by Christos Vlachos
        • Larus fuscus, Photo by Christos Vlachos
      • ►  Apr 24 (1)
        • A mystery gull, Irakleion harbour, April 4, 2007

September 2008
 

Five Gull taxa together

Five Gull taxa together
28 Nov 2008