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Red-legged Kittiwake

Animals; Birds

The Red-legged Kittiwake, Rissa brevirostris is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae. It breeds in the Pribilof, Bogoslof and Buldir islands of the USA, and the Commander Islands, Russia.

Black-legged Kittiwake

Animals; Birds

The Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae. It is a coastal breeding bird around the north Pacific and north Atlantic oceans, found most commonly in ...

Ross's Gull

Animals; Birds

The Ross's Gull, Rhodostethia rosea, is a small gull, the only species in its genus, although it has been suggested it should be moved to the genus Hydrocoloeus, which otherwise only includes the ...

Great Black-backed Gull

Animals; Birds

The Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) is a very large gull which breeds on the European and North American coasts and islands of the North Atlantic.

Glaucous Gull

Animals; Birds

The Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) is a large gull which breeds in the Arctic regions of the northern hemisphere and the Atlantic coasts of Europe.

Iceland Gull

Animals; Birds

The Iceland Gull, Larus glaucoides, is a large gull which breeds in the Arctic regions of Canada and Greenland, but not Iceland, where it is only seen in the winter.

Glaucous-winged Gull

Animals; Birds

The Glaucous-winged Gull, Larus glaucescens, is a large, white-headed gull residing from the western coast of Alaska to the coast of Washington.

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