Red-legged Kittiwake - Rissa brevirostris

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Rissa brevirostris
Author (Bruch, 1853)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176845
Common Names English: Red-legged Kittiwake
French: Mouette des brumes
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Rissa
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Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN176845
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
    -
Status - Red List, IUCN
    VU (Global or one of the sub regions)
#records (spatial)56
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets3
Year2001 - 2011
Latitude51.33 - 59.83
Longitude-177.50 - 192.83
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