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 1 year ago 1 min 21 sec 4.8 -
A chick with an adult bird at the nest Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway
Javier Ortas 18 June 2010 1 year ago 33 sec 4.7 -
An incubating bird, preening. Locality Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, England, Great Britain (ssp tridactyla)
Josep del Hoyo 30 May 2009 1 year ago 41 sec 4.6 -
An adult bird with a chick Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway
Javier Ortas 18 June 2010 1 year ago 42 sec 4.6 -
Two adult birds at the nest Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway
Javier Ortas 18 June 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 4.6 -
A close-up of an adult bird Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway
Javier Ortas 18 June 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 4.6
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First-year-winter bird.
Locality Scheveningen, The Hague, South Holland Province, Netherlands
Rob Belterman 19 December 2011 6 weeks ago 4.7 -
Portrait adult in winter plumage.
Locality Scheveningen, The Hague, South Holland Province, Netherlands
Rob Belterman 24 December 2011 6 weeks ago 4.6 -
A first year specimen
Locality De IJzermonding Nature Reserve, Nieuwpoort, West Flanders Province, Belgium
Marco Valentini 14 January 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.4 -
In flight
Locality Percé, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 19 July 2008 1 year ago 4.4 -
An adult in winter plumage resting at sunset
Locality De IJzermonding Nature Reserve, Nieuwpoort, West Flanders Province, Belgium
Marco Valentini 14 January 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.2 -
This is a new record for Venezuela. It was stood up in the grass about 20 mts far of the shore. The day was raining and the was
Locality Caimare Chico, Zulia State, Venezuela
kperezleon 3 May 2009 2 years ago 4.2
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Breeding colony sounds. Locality Vardo, Varanger Fjord, Finnmark County, Norway
(ssp tridactyla)
Iva Hristova 20 July 2008 2 years ago 2
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