Gulls (Laridae)
Red-legged Kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris) - HBW 3, p. 622
French: Mouette des brumes
German: Klippenmöwe
Spanish: Gaviota Piquicorta
Taxonomy: Larus (Rissa) brevirostris Bruch, 1853, north-western North America.
Closely related to and partially sympatric with R. tridactyla, but no interbreeding known. Bones found in deposits on Kodiak I. Monotypic.
Distribution: Bering Sea, in Commander Is, Pribilof Is (St Paul I, St George I) and Aleutians (Buldir I, Bogoslof I). Winters widely over N Pacific.
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Adult perched and in flight Locality Bering Island, Commander Islands, Kamchatka Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 6 June 2009 2 years ago 44 sec 3.5 -
Adults and immatures at breeding colony Locality Bering Island, Commander Islands, Kamchatka Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 8 June 2009 2 years ago 1 min 1 sec 3.3 -
A first winter in flight observed mainly from below Locality Bering Island, Commander Islands, Kamchatka Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 6 June 2009 2 years ago 31 sec 3.3 -
A close-up of a standing bird Locality Living Coasts, Torquay, Devon, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 November 2007 3 years ago 31 sec 3.3
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Bird perched on the side of a cliff.
Locality Saint Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 1 year ago 3 -
Breeding pair in colony
Locality Commander Islands, Kamchatka Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Alan Tate 1 June 1993 2 years ago 3
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