Black-legged Kittiwake - Rissa tridactyla

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Rissa tridactyla
Author (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176875
Common Names English: Black-legged Kittiwake
French: Mouette tridactyle
Spanish: Gaviota pata negra
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Rissa
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Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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ITIS#176875
StatusIUCN:LC
#records162,372
#datasets16
Years1965 - 2011
Latitudes23.03 - 80.17
Longitudes-179.95 - 179.77