Adult is distinctive, the only small gull with snow-white wingtips; breeding plumage has black hood. Nonbreeding and immature have distinctive, dark smudges ...
This gull breeds almost entirely in the Western Palearctic, mainly in the south east, especially around the Black Sea, and in central Turkey. There are colonies ...
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Slightly larger than a black-headed gull, with an all-black head in the breeding season. It has a large, slightly drooped beak, bright red when adult.
Mediterranean gull
The Mediterranean gull is a small gull. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus Ichthyaetus is from ikhthus, "fish", and aetos, "eagle", and the specific melanocephalus is from melas, "black", and -kephalos "-headed". Wikipedia
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population stable)
Scientific name: Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Mass: 9 oz
Genus: Ichthyaetus
Phylum: Chordata
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
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The Mediterranean gull is very similar to the black-headed gull, but is slightly larger and has a shorter, heavier beak. In summer, adults have a very pale grey ...
Mediterranean Gull . Larus melanocephalus. A little larger than a Black-headed Gull with a more angular head, a heavier, shorter bill, broader, slightly shorter ...
In breeding plumage, Mediterranean Gull has a more extensive black (not brown) hood and all-white wingtips. © Isaiah Rowe / Macaulay Library ...
Small to medium-sized seabird with black head and neck, a light grey mantle, dark red beak and legs, and eyes bordered with white.
The white-winged Mediterranean Gull is very much a bird of our southern and eastern coasts, where it frequents saltmarsh and beach. The Mediterranean Gull ...
A small gull, adults are very pale grey above with white underparts and unmistakable all white outer wing feathers. Adults have a black hood and bright red legs ...
Bulkier than the Black-headed Gull, with a larger head, heavier bill, broader wing and more buoyant flight. Adults are paler in general appearance.