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kittiwake, also called Black-legged 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.
- Is kittiwake a gull?
- Why is a kittiwake so called?
- What type of consumer is a kittiwake?
- Are kittiwakes carnivores?
- How do you identify a Kittiwake?
- What Colour is Kittiwake?
- Where do Kittiwakes go in winter?
- Is a Kittiwake a omnivore?
- What does a kittiwake bird eat?
- What does the word Kittiwake mean?
- Do kittiwakes eat salmon?
- Where do black legged kittiwakes live?
- How do you identify a seagull?
- What are the small looking seagulls called?
- Where do skuas live?
Is kittiwake a gull?
The kittiwake is our most sea-loving gull, only turning up inland on odd occasions and spending winter out on the Atlantic. A medium-sized, elegant and gentle-looking gull, it eats fish, shrimps and worms, and does not scavenge at landfill sites like other gulls.
Why is a kittiwake so called?
Kittiwakes get their common name from their calls – “kittee-wa-aaake!” Kittiwake chicks are one of the few chicks that are white at birth. Because of their remote nesting areas in cliffs they do not require camouflage like the chicks of other more vulnerable species.
What type of consumer is a kittiwake?
Puffins, kittiwakes, and gulls are tertiary consumers.
Are kittiwakes carnivores?
The main black-legged kittiwake food is fish, and this bird is often found near fisheries. Hence, these birds are carnivores.
How do you identify a Kittiwake?
Kittiwakes are gentle looking, medium-sized gulls with a small yellow bill and a dark eye. They have a grey back with white underneath. Their legs are short and black. In flight the black wing-tips show no white, unlike other gulls, and look as if they have been 'dipped in ink'.
What Colour is Kittiwake?
Irish headlands are speckled with white flecks of the Kittiwake. The understated whisper of pigment in Kittiwake is modest and simple in its beauty. Kittiwake will create a sharp contrast with rich, earthen tones.
Where do Kittiwakes go in winter?
Following the end of the seabird breeding season, Kittiwakes depart their nesting colonies in the North Sea in September and winter across in the north-west Atlantic, some as far as 1,800 miles off the coast of Greenland and Canada.
Is a Kittiwake a omnivore?
Rissa brevirostris (Red Legged Kittiwake) is a species of birds in the family Laridae. They are listed as vulnerable by IUCN. They are found in The Nearctic and the palearctic. They are diurnal omnivores.
What does a kittiwake bird eat?
Black-legged Kittiwakes eat mostly small fish, which they grab from the surface or just below, usually by dipping or plunging into the water from low flight. They sometimes seize prey while sitting on the water or even by chasing prey underwater (to depths of 3 feet).
What does the word Kittiwake mean?
: either of two cliff-nesting gulls (Rissa tridactyla and R. brevirostris) that winter on the open ocean.
Do kittiwakes eat salmon?
Kittiwakes will also feed on salmon eggs in coastal areas and offal from fish processing (Cramp and Simmons, 1983). Despite this flexibility, kittiwakes have preferred prey, perhaps chosen for their nutritional value or ease of capture (Suryan et al., 2002; Robards et al., 1999; Van Pelt et al., 1997).
Where do black legged kittiwakes live?
A dainty gull of northern oceans, Black-legged Kittiwakes nest in teeming colonies on cliffs of the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and Arctic.
How do you identify a seagull?
The most important basic keys to identifying gulls are size, shape, and color pattern. In fact, with practice, experts can identify nearly all gulls by size and shape alone. Get started by sorting gulls into three general sizes. Large gulls are monsters, with thick bills and broad wings.
What are the small looking seagulls called?
Little gull
A small, dainty gull. Adults in summer have black heads, while young birds have a black mark on each wing which forms a 'W' pattern.
Where do skuas live?
Distribution: Widespread throughout coastal regions in Antarctica, migrates across the equator in the Antarctic winter reaching as far as Alaska and Greenland. Skuas have been seen at the south pole.
