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28/11/2003, Irakleion
September 2008
28 Nov 2008
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
28/11/2003, Irakleion
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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 - Common 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 barabensis (Larus heuglini barabensis / L.fuscus barabensis) Steppe Gull - Awaiting its corfimation as a Rare Winter Visitor or Accidental
- Larus fuscus (L. f. fuscus) - Baltic Gull - Uncommon and Local Winter Visitor and Migrant
- Larus graellsii graellsii (L. f. graellsii) Western Lesser Black-backed Gull - Awaiting its corfimation as a Rare Winter Visitor or Accidental
- Larus graellsii intermedius - (L. f. intermedius) Scandinavian Lesser Black-backed Gull - Local Winter Visitor
Links
- Rare birds in Greece
- Antikythira Migratory station
- Birding Gulls
- Gull-research
- Gulls in Israel Slide show 1
- Gulls in Israel Slide Show 2
- Madrid-gull-team
- Gulls in Catalonia
- Italian Gulls
- Norwegian Gull-page
- Oskar Nilsson photo blog
- Chris Gibbins
- Risto Juvaste - Finland
- Martin Reid
- Gabriel MartÃn, Spain
- Antonio Gutierrez
- Ruud Altenburg
- Saudi Arabia Gulls
- Gulls in Japan
- Birding in Greece
- Nature in Greece - Blog
- Manos !!!
- Photophysis magazine
- Natural History Museum Crete
September 2008
Five Gull taxa together
28 Nov 2008