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| − | [[Image:Black-legged_Kittiwake.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|JJM|JJM}}]] | + | [[Image:Black-legged_Kittiwake.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|JJM|JJM}}<br />[[Handa Island]], Highlands, [[Scotland]], [[UK]], June 2003]] |
;[[:Category:Rissa|Rissa]] tridactyla | ;[[:Category:Rissa|Rissa]] tridactyla | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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*Legs blackish | *Legs blackish | ||
*Orange orbital ring | *Orange orbital ring | ||
| + | [[Image:Kitti 10U2461.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|rentoncharman|rentoncharman}}<br />[[Bempton Cliffs]], [[Yorkshire]], [[England]], May 2008]] | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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Breeds around [[Iceland]], the [[Faroes]] and [[Britain]] (absent from much of south and east where coasts lack suitable cliffs), coastal [[Norway]] and the north of the Kola Peninsula. In the far north breeds on [[Jan Mayen]], [[Svalbard]], [[Bear Island]], [[Franz Josef Land]] and [[Novaya Zemlya]]. Also breeds locally in small numbers in north [[Denmark]] and [[Germany]], the [[Channel Islands]] and north-west [[France]], the north-western tip of [[Spain]] and at one site in [[Portugal]]. | Breeds around [[Iceland]], the [[Faroes]] and [[Britain]] (absent from much of south and east where coasts lack suitable cliffs), coastal [[Norway]] and the north of the Kola Peninsula. In the far north breeds on [[Jan Mayen]], [[Svalbard]], [[Bear Island]], [[Franz Josef Land]] and [[Novaya Zemlya]]. Also breeds locally in small numbers in north [[Denmark]] and [[Germany]], the [[Channel Islands]] and north-west [[France]], the north-western tip of [[Spain]] and at one site in [[Portugal]]. | ||
| − | + | [[Image:Kitti Juv IMG 3671.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Geoff+Pain|Geoff Pain}}<br /> [[Bempton Cliffs]], [[RSPB]], [[Yorkshire]], [[England]], August 2007]] | |
Colonies occupied March (earlier in the south)-September, disperse after breeding and in winter occurs in the Atlantic from breeding range south to about [[Morocco]], in the North Sea and the Mediterranean east to Italy. | Colonies occupied March (earlier in the south)-September, disperse after breeding and in winter occurs in the Atlantic from breeding range south to about [[Morocco]], in the North Sea and the Mediterranean east to Italy. | ||
Has occurred as a vagrant to most European countries, [[Malta]], the [[Middle East]] including Aqaba in [[Jordan]], North [[Africa]], [[Canary Islands]] and [[Cape Verde Islands]]. | Has occurred as a vagrant to most European countries, [[Malta]], the [[Middle East]] including Aqaba in [[Jordan]], North [[Africa]], [[Canary Islands]] and [[Cape Verde Islands]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== | |
There are 2 subspecies: | There are 2 subspecies: | ||
| − | * ''R. t. tridactyla'' | + | *''R. t. tridactyla'': (Atlantic) |
| − | * ''R. t. pollicaris'' | + | :*Circumpolar nnorthern Atlantic; winters to Saragossa Sea and western [[Africa]] |
| + | *''R. t. pollicaris'': (Pacific) | ||
| + | :*Circumpolar northern Pacific; winters to east [[China]] Sea and north-western [[Mexico]] | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | When not breeding occurs at sea often far from land. Sometimes seen at freshwaters near the coast or far inland after severe weather. | |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | ====Breeding==== | |
| + | Breeds on steep sea-cliffs, stacks and rocky islands, in some areas also on buildings. | ||
====Vocalisation==== | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
<flashmp3>Rissa tridactyla (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Rissa tridactyla (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
''[[Media:Rissa tridactyla (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Rissa tridactyla (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | #Collins Pocket Guide to British Birds 1966 | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Collins Pocket Guide to British Birds 1966 |
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Rissa+tridactyla}} | {{GSearch|Rissa+tridactyla}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Rissa]][[Category:Bird Songs]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Rissa]][[Category:Bird Songs]] | ||
Revision as of 23:03, 30 March 2010
- Rissa tridactyla
Identification
40cm
Summer Adult
- White, with silver-grey mantle and wings
- Wing tips black ("dipped in ink look")
- Bill yellowy-green
- Legs blackish
- Orange orbital ring
Distribution
Breeds around Iceland, the Faroes and Britain (absent from much of south and east where coasts lack suitable cliffs), coastal Norway and the north of the Kola Peninsula. In the far north breeds on Jan Mayen, Svalbard, Bear Island, Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya. Also breeds locally in small numbers in north Denmark and Germany, the Channel Islands and north-west France, the north-western tip of Spain and at one site in Portugal.
Colonies occupied March (earlier in the south)-September, disperse after breeding and in winter occurs in the Atlantic from breeding range south to about Morocco, in the North Sea and the Mediterranean east to Italy.
Has occurred as a vagrant to most European countries, Malta, the Middle East including Aqaba in Jordan, North Africa, Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
There are 2 subspecies:
- R. t. tridactyla: (Atlantic)
- Circumpolar nnorthern Atlantic; winters to Saragossa Sea and western Africa
- R. t. pollicaris: (Pacific)
Habitat
When not breeding occurs at sea often far from land. Sometimes seen at freshwaters near the coast or far inland after severe weather.
Behaviour
Breeding
Breeds on steep sea-cliffs, stacks and rocky islands, in some areas also on buildings.
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Rissa tridactyla (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Collins Pocket Guide to British Birds 1966
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-legged Kittiwake. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 22 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-legged_Kittiwake
