Black-legged Kittiwake
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Black-legged Kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Kluane National Park
1 Verified records at Kluane National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae. This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Larus tridactylus. The English name is derived from its call, a shrill 'kittee-wa-aaake, kitte-wa-aaake'. In North America, this species is known as the black-legged kittiwake to differentiate it from the red-legged kittiwake, but in Europe, where it is the only member of the genus, it is often known just as kittiwake. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Kluane National Park

Short-billed Gull

Short-billed Gull

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Larus brachyrhynchus

20–30% · Possible
American Herring Gull
LC

American Herring Gull

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Larus smithsonianus

20–30% · Possible
Arctic Tern
LC

Arctic Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sterna paradisaea

5–10% · With luck
Caspian Tern
LC

Caspian Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Hydroprogne caspia

5–10% · With luck
Bonaparte's Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chroicocephalus philadelphia

5–10% · With luck
Glaucous-winged Gull
LC

Glaucous-winged Gull

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Larus glaucescens

Insufficient data
Glaucous Gull
LC

Glaucous Gull

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Larus hyperboreus

Insufficient data
Ring-billed Gull
LC

Ring-billed Gull

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Larus delawarensis

Insufficient data
Lesser Yellowlegs
VU

Lesser Yellowlegs

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa flavipes

20–30% · Possible
Wilson's Snipe
LC

Wilson's Snipe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Gallinago delicata

10–20% · With luck
Spotted Sandpiper
LC

Spotted Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis macularius

10–20% · With luck
Solitary Sandpiper
LC

Solitary Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa solitaria

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Black-legged Kittiwake at Kluane National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Kenai Fjords National Park 🇺🇸 United States
70–80%
2 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
3 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
10–20%
4 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%
5 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
5–10%
6 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
5–10%
7 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
8 Cape Breton Highlands National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
9 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
10 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
11 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
12 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
13 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
14 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
15 Thingvellir National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
Insufficient data
16 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
17 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data
18 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
19 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
20 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
Insufficient data
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