Red-legged Kittiwake
Rissa brevirostris(Bruch, CF, 1855)
English (US) Red-legged Kittiwake
The Red-legged Kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Laridae (Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds Commander Islands (southeastern Russia), Aleutian, and Pribilof islands, and St. Matthew Island (northern Bering Sea); winters Bering Sea to ice-edge and south of Aleutian IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rissa brevirostris
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Red-legged Kittiwake
- Described by
- (Bruch, CF, 1855)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Larus (Rissa) brevirostris
- Described by
- (Bruch, CF, 1855)
- Type locality
- Northwestern North America.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 1, no.2 p.103
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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