Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Kittiwake, Black-legged Kittiwake)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRissa tridactyla (Kittiwake, Black-legged Kittiwake)
FamilyLARIDAE (sea gulls)
OrderCHARADRIIFORMES (plovers and sea birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Rissa tridactyla (Kittiwake, Black-legged Kittiwake) :
1: Rissa tridactyla (Kittiwake, Black-legged Kittiwake)
28 Jun 2008 OSGR: TA27 54° 10’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
adults with nests and young on cliff face
Image 1: Adults with nests - on cliff faceImage 2: Adults with nests - on cliff face (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Jones, J.A.W. 2002 Kittiwake on its nest Vol 13, No. 4 Page: 277

Rissa tridactyla (Kittiwake, Black-legged Kittiwake) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rissa tridactyla (Kittiwake, Black-legged Kittiwake)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rissa tridactyla (Kittiwake, Black-legged Kittiwake)
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