Species profile
Red-legged Kittiwake
Rissa brevirostris
Quick answer
Komandorskiye, Aleutian and Pribilof islands; winters n Pacific
- Scientific name
- Rissa brevirostris
- Family
- Laridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Rissa
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
Recording Red-legged Kittiwake in your journal
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