Rissa tridactyla Linnaeus 1758 (black-legged kittiwake)
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Aves - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Rissa according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Coues 1862, Guthrie 1992, Linnaeus 1758 and Miller and DeMay 1942
Sister taxa: Rissa brevirostris, Rissa estesi, Rissa kotzebui
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), Greenland (1), Italy (1), Norway (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: California, Washington)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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