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
Spanish: Gaviota tridáctila
Portuguese: gaivota-tridáctila
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Rissa
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Rissa tridactyla pollicaris
Subspecies: Rissa tridactyla tridactyla
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN176875
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
    -
Status - Red List, IUCN
    VU (Global)
    VU (Europe)
#records (spatial)189,473
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets44
Year1965 - 2025
Latitude1.26 - 80.17
Longitude-178.16 - 231.54
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