Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (56)
- Subspecies (2)
Scott A. Hatch, Gregory J. Robertson, and Patricia H. Baird
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartpootbrandervoël |
| Albanian | Pulëbardha tregishtore |
| Arabic | نورس أسود الساق |
| Asturian | Gaviota tridñctila |
| Azerbaijani | Üçbarmaq qağayı |
| Basque | Antxeta hankabeltza |
| Bulgarian | Трипръста чайка |
| Catalan | gavineta de tres dits |
| Chinese | 三趾鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 三趾鸥 |
| Croatian | troprsti galeb |
| Czech | racek tříprstý |
| Danish | Ride |
| Dutch | Drieteenmeeuw |
| English | Black-legged Kittiwake |
| English (United States) | Black-legged Kittiwake |
| Faroese | Rita |
| Finnish | pikkukajava |
| French | Mouette tridactyle |
| French (France) | Mouette tridactyle |
| Galician | Gaivota tridáctila |
| German | Dreizehenmöwe |
| Greek | Τριδάκτυλος Γλάρος |
| Hebrew | ריסה שחורת-רגל |
| Hungarian | Csüllő |
| Icelandic | Rita |
| Italian | Gabbiano tridattilo |
| Japanese | ミツユビカモメ |
| Korean | 세가락갈매기 |
| Latvian | Trīspirkstu kaija |
| Lithuanian | Tripirštis kiras |
| Malayalam | കിറ്റിവെയ്ക്ക് കടൽക്കാക്ക |
| Mongolian | Гурван хуруут цахлай |
| Norwegian | krykkje |
| Persian | کاکایی پاسیاه |
| Polish | mewa trójpalczasta |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaivota-tridáctila |
| Romanian | Pescăruș cu trei degete |
| Russian | Моевка |
| Serbian | Troprsti galeb |
| Slovak | čajka trojprstá |
| Slovenian | Triprsti galeb |
| Spanish | Gaviota Tridáctila |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Gaviota Patinegra |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gallego patinegro |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Gaviota Tridactila |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Gaviota Patas Negras |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviota Patinegra |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviota Tridáctila |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Gaviota Tridáctila |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gaviota tridáctila |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gaviotín |
| Swedish | tretåig mås |
| Thai | นกคิตติเวกขาดำ |
| Turkish | Kara Ayaklı Martı |
| Ukrainian | Мартин трипалий |
Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Larus tridactylus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.136.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Northern Europe; restricted type locality. Great Britain.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- RISSA
- rissa
- tridactyla
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Black-legged Kittiwake
