Common name (e.g. turtle)

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Genus + Species (e.g. Caretta caretta)

Rissa tridactyla   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Black-legged kittiwake

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others; depth range 0 - 175 m (Ref. 125337), usually 25 - 175 m (Ref. 125337).  Temperate; 83°N - 3°N, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic Ocean, Northern Pacific and the Arctic. Temperate to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?  range ? - ? cmmax. published weight: 407.00 g (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Lepage, D. 2007. (Ref. 7816)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Threat to humans

Human uses

| FishSource |

Tools

Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=17.39-48.64).