Kittiwake
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This article is about the two species of gull. For other uses, see Kittiwake (disambiguation).
The kittiwakes (genus Rissa) are two closely related seabird species in the gull family Laridae, the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) and the red-legged kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris). The epithets "black-legged" and "red-legged" are used to distinguish the two species in North America, but in Europe, where Rissa brevirostris is not found, the black-legged kittiwake is often known simply as kittiwake, or more colloquially in some areas as tickleass or tickleace. The name is derived from its call, a shrill 'kittee-wa-aaake, kitte-wa-aaake'.[2] The genus name Rissa is from the Icelandic name Rita for the black-legged kittiwake.[3]
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Kittiwake | |
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Black-legged kittiwakes, Rissa tridactyla, nesting on the Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK | |
The call of a kittiwake, recorded on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Laridae |
Subfamily: | Larinae |
Genus: | Rissa Stephens, 1826 |
Type species | |
Rissa brunnichii[1] = Larus tridactylus Stephens, 1826 | |
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