Species
Rissa tridactyla (Black-legged kittiwake)
Rissa tridactyla. Photo: (c) kerry_ross, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds and allies)
- Family: Laridae (Gulls, terns, and skimmers)
- Subfamily: Larinae (Gulls)
- Genus: Rissa (Kittiwakes)
- Species: Rissa tridactyla (Black-legged kittiwake)
- Genus: Rissa (Kittiwakes)
- Subfamily: Larinae (Gulls)
- Family: Laridae (Gulls, terns, and skimmers)
- Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds and allies)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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