Back زمج Arabic نورس الريسا ARZ Lofta (Rissa) AVK Мыеўкі Byelorussian Karaveg Breton Rissa (gènere) Catalan Rissa CEB Rissa Czech Rissa (fugleslægt) Danish Rissa (Gattung) German
| Kittiwake | |
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| Rissa tridactyla in Vardø, Norway | |
| The call of a kittiwake, recorded on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Subfamily: | Larinae |
| Genus: | Rissa Stephens, 1826 |
| Type species | |
| Rissa brunnichii[1] = Larus tridactylus Stephens, 1826
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The kittiwakes (genus Rissa) are two closely related seabird species in the gull family Laridae, the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) and the red-legged kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris). The epithets "black-legged" and "red-legged" are used to distinguish the two species in North America, but in Europe, where Rissa brevirostris is not found, the black-legged kittiwake is often known simply as kittiwake. The name is derived from its call, a shrill 'kittee-wa-aaake, kitte-wa-aaake'.[2] The genus name Rissa is from the Icelandic name Rita for the black-legged kittiwake.[3]
- ^ "Laridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ "Kittiwake". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 336. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.