Black-legged kittiwake
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The black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae.
Black-legged kittiwake | |
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Adult black-legged kittiwake in Vardø, Norway | |
Calls, recorded on Skomer | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Laridae |
Genus: | Rissa |
Species: | R. tridactyla |
Binomial name | |
Rissa tridactyla | |
Range of R. tridactyla Summer range Wintering range | |
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This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Larus tridactylus.[2] The English name is derived from its call, a shrill 'kittee-wa-aaake, kitte-wa-aaake'.[3] The genus name Rissa is from the Icelandic name rita for this bird, and the specific tridactyla is from Ancient Greek tridaktulos, "three-toed", from tri-, "three-" and daktulos, "toe".[4]
In North America, this species is known as the black-legged kittiwake to differentiate it from the red-legged kittiwake, but in Europe, where it is the only member of the genus, it is often known just as kittiwake.