Kittiwake - Wikipedia Kittiwakes are coastal breeding birds ranging in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Arctic oceans They form large, dense, noisy colonies during the summer reproductive period, often sharing habitat with murres They are the only gull species that are exclusively cliff-nesting
Black-legged Kittiwake - All About Birds On these sheer, rocky sea stacks, their unceasing cries of “kittiwake” join with the crashing surf to make the classic sound of a seabird colony Their neat white and gray plumage is accented by a bright yellow bill and jet-black legs
Kittiwake Bird Facts (Rissa tridactyla) | Birdfact Kittiwakes are pelagic seabirds that spend most of their lives over open oceans They breed on steep coastal cliffs and offshore islands across the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Arctic oceans Their range includes coastal areas of North America, Europe, and Asia
Black-legged Kittiwake | Audubon Field Guide A very common small gull of northern and offshore waters, named for its nasal 'ki-ti-waak' callnotes Seldom comes to land south of its nesting range, but may be seen from shore on either coast, especially during storms Often abundant on the northern islands where it nests
Black-legged Kittiwake - eBird Learn more about Black-legged Kittiwake from… Small oceanic gull Adults have solid black wingtips that look like they were dipped in ink Also note translucent flight feathers, entirely yellow bill, and black legs Nonbreeding birds have a dark ear patch and smudgy gray on the back of the neck
Kittiwake Nest finding Established Kittiwake colonies can be heard before they are seen Adults are vocal and often fly around the colony calling They can be found on coastal cliffs, stacks and islands, as well as in urban sites close to the sea or river estuaries with access to feeding grounds Nests are built of seaweed, vegetation and mud on small ledges that are generally protected from prevailing
Kittiwake | Seabird, Gull, Arctic | Britannica kittiwake, (Rissa tridactyla), oceanic gull, a white bird with pearl-gray mantle, black-tipped wings, black feet, and yellow bill It nests on the North and South Atlantic coasts Kittiwakes have evolved a number of behavioral and structural modifications for nesting on narrow cliff ledges
Kittiwakes River Tyne in the North East of England – the famous Tyne Kittiwakes are travelling eleven miles inland, where over one-thousand pairs now build their nests every year on the historic Tyne Bridge and along the roofs of nearby buildings
Kittiwake Facts: Identification, Diet, Migration Info etc . . . Kittiwakes have a diet primarily consisting of fish, supplemented with worms and shrimps They are agile hunters, often catching their prey by skillfully swooping down from the air or the water’s surface Kittiwakes are coastal birds found in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Arctic oceans
Black-legged kittiwake - Wikipedia 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