Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla - Mouette tridactyle
Description identification
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Rissa tridactyla tridactyla (n, e Canada and n Europe to n Russia)
- Rissa tridactyla pollicaris (e Siberia to w Alaska)
Foreign names
- Mouette tridactyle,
- Gaviota tridáctila,
- gaivota-tridáctila-comum,
- Dreizehenmöwe,
- csüllő,
- Drieteenmeeuw,
- Gabbiano tridattilo,
- tretåig mås,
- Krykkje,
- čajka trojprstá,
- racek tříprstý,
- Ride,
- pikkukajava,
- Swartpootbrandervoël,
- gavineta de tres dits,
- Rita,
- mewa trójpalczasta,
- trīspirkstu kaija,
- triprsti galeb,
- Моевка,
- ミツユビカモメ,
- 三趾鸥,
- นกคิตติเวกขาดำ,
- 三趾鷗,
Habitat
Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes