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Species
Vulnerablered-legged kittiwake
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyLaridae
Habitatmarine
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
- taxon name
- Rissa brevirostris
- Commons category
- Rissa brevirostris
- Commons gallery
- Rissa brevirostris
- taxon common name
- gaivota-tridáctila-de-pernas-vermelhas
- wingspan
- 88.5
- litter size
- 1
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Encyclopedic overview
The red-legged kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris) is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae. It breeds in the Pribilof Islands, Bogoslof Island, and Buldir Island in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, and the Commander Islands, Russia, and spends the winter at sea.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Red-legged Kittiwake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.