Subspecies in India
This species is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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This species is rare. It inhabits the marine coastal areas, foraging on small aquatic animals. It is migratory, breeding on steep coastal cliffs in U.S.A, Canada, Greenland, Western Europe and Russia, wintering in Mauritania, Senegal, Egypt, Trinidad, and Mongolia. This species congregates forming colonies during the breeding season and later disperses during migration reaching different wintering grounds (BirdLife International 2018).
Conservation Status:
This species is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).
According to the IUCN Red List Assessment, the population of this species is declining and currently, its population size is unknown. The major threat to this species is the low availability of prey due to oil spills and pollutions on the large water bodies, leading to low reproductive potential (BirdLife International 2018).
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| Maharashtra | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 |
BirdLife International 2018. Rissa tridactyla . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22694497A132556442. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22694497A132556442.en. Accessed on 06 February 2020.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) – Black-legged Kittiwake. In Satose, V., A. Bayani, V. Ramachandran, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 2.17. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.birdsofindia.org/rissa-tridactyla, accessed 2024/12/12.