Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Laridae > Genus Rissa

Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Larus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rissa*	Stephens, 1826	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Larus tridactyla*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): krykkje sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Трипръста чайка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: ride sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: drieteenmeeuw sources: Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

English: black-legged kittiwake; kittiwake; kittiwake gull sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.;De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

English-United States: Black-legged Kittiwake; Kittiwake sources: Charles Hussey

French: mouette tridactyle; risse tridactyle sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.;De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

Gaelic: saidhbhéar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Saidhbhéar

German: Dreizehenmöwe sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Greek: Τριδάκτυλος γλάρος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Icelandic: rita

Irish: Saidhbhéar sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Lithuanian: tripirštis kiras sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: krykkje sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: krykkje sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 136

Norwegian Nynorsk: krykkje sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 136

Nynorsk (Norwegian): krykkje sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: mewa trójpalczasta sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: pescăruşul cu trei degete sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: обыкновенная моевка; черноногая моевка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: saidhbhéar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: triprsti galeb sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: gaviota tridáctila sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: tretåig mås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: karaayaklı martı; karayakli marti; karayaklı martı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Мартин трипалий; трипалий мартин sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwylan goesddu

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (842 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (161 nucleotides; 148 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137156

Drs Cees Roselaar. Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96946