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Black-legged Kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Laridae

The black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae. This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Larus tridactylus. The English name is derived from its call, a shrill 'kittee-wa-aaake, kitte-wa-aaake'.

Distribution

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United Kingdom · 48,124Netherlands · 11,954France · 7,053Belgium · 5,825Spain · 3,272Germany · 2,064Italy · 142Switzerland · 41Luxembourg · 3