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Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Common GullLarus canus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 880,113 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 158,147 |
| Quebec | 70,487 |
| Massachusetts | 16,957 |
| California | 16,130 |
| British Columbia | 15,245 |
| Maine | 8,467 |
| Washington | 6,102 |
| Ontario | 5,871 |
| New Brunswick | 5,341 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Ground nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on the ground.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Bamboo nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in bamboo.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Fish eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating fish.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Shorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes |
| Family | Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae |
| Genus | Kittiwakes · Rissa |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of United States
- Birds of Utah
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Black-legged Kittiwake with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.