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Specimen information:

Catalog number: MZB 2000-1073
Scientific name : Larus cachinnans Pallas, 1811
Common name: yellow-legged Gull
Element: Breastbone
Location: Barcelona
Collecting date: 06/04/2000
Acquisition source: CRFS Torreferrussa
Acquisition Date: 11/07/2000
Biometrics - Breastbone: Width 79.8mm X Depth 51.2mm

Information about the species:

Chordata ,Vertebrata ,Aves ,Charadriiformes ,Laridae ,Larus ,Larus cachinnans

Description:

The Yellow-legged Gull is an opportunisitic predator that feeds on marine invertebrates, fish, other birds and even on rubbish and dead animals. Its skull is elongated and pear-shaped, with a bill with a hooked tip. It feeds by flying low over the water surface and it will dive to capture prey with its bill, whose hooked shape prevents its prey from slipping away.