Gulls (Laridae)
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) - HBW 3, p. 622
French: Mouette tridactyle
German: Dreizehenmöwe
Spanish: Gaviota Tridáctila
Other common names: Kittiwake
Taxonomy: Larus tridactylus Linnaeus, 1758, Great Britain.
Morphometric analysis links it with the white-headed gulls. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) - N Atlantic, from NC Canada and NE USA E through Greenland to W & N Europe, and on to N Taymyr Peninsula and Severnaya Zemlya; winters S to Sargasso Sea and W Africa.
- pollicaris Ridgway, 1884 - N Pacific, from NE Siberia, Kamchatka, Sea of Okhotsk and Kuril Is through Bering Sea to Alaska; winters S to East China Sea and NW Mexico.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Display at an old warehouse Locality Kvamsoy, More og Romsdal County, Norway
Per Johan 7 June 2007 2 years ago 1 min 21 sec 4.9 -
A chick with an adult bird at the nest Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway
Javier Ortas 18 June 2010 2 years ago 33 sec 4.8 -
An incubating bird, preening. Locality Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, England, Great Britain (ssp tridactyla)
Josep del Hoyo 30 May 2009 2 years ago 41 sec 4.7 -
An adult bird with a chick Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway
Javier Ortas 18 June 2010 2 years ago 42 sec 4.7 -
Two birds in non-breeding plumage resting on poles Locality Cadzand, Zeeland Province, Netherlands
Wout van den Brink 23 October 2012 33 weeks ago 25 sec 4.5 -
Two adult birds at the nest Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway
Javier Ortas 18 June 2010 2 years ago 31 sec 4.5
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First-year-winter bird.
Locality Scheveningen, The Hague, South Holland Province, Netherlands
Rob Belterman 19 December 2011 1 year ago 4.7 -
Portrait adult in winter plumage.
Locality Scheveningen, The Hague, South Holland Province, Netherlands
Rob Belterman 24 December 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
Adult on the nest
Locality Borgarfjörður, Vesturland (West) Region, Iceland
Marco Valentini 16 June 2012 45 weeks ago 4.5 -
First winter plumage
Locality Nieuwpoort, West Flanders Province, Belgium
Marc FASOL 7 January 2012 28 weeks ago 4.4 -
Winter adult on a pelagic trip out of Belmar, NJ.
Locality New Jersey, USA (United States) (ssp tridactyla)
Paul A Guris 15 January 2012 1 year ago 4.3 -
A first year specimen
Locality De IJzermonding Nature Reserve, Nieuwpoort, West Flanders Province, Belgium
Marco Valentini 14 January 2012 1 year ago 4.3
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Breeding colony sounds. Locality Vardo, Varanger Fjord, Finnmark County, Norway
(ssp tridactyla)
Iva Hristova 20 July 2008 3 years ago 2
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