Black-legged Kittiwake - Rissa tridactyla

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Rissa tridactyla
Author (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176875
Common Names Spanish: Gaviota pata negra
English: Black-legged Kittiwake
French: Mouette tridactyle
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Rissa
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)
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ITIS TSN176875
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS -
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Status - Red List, IUCN -
    LC (Global or one of the sub regions)
    VU (Global or one of the sub regions)
#records (spatial)167,471
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets18
Year1965 - 2016
Latitude24.26 - 80.17
Longitude-179.95 - 179.77
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