Black-Legged Kittiwakes
by Eva Lechner
Title
Black-Legged Kittiwakes
Artist
Eva Lechner
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
The black-legged kittiwake is a coastal bird of the arctic to subarctic regions of the world. It can be found all across the northern coasts of the Atlantic, from Canada to Greenland as well as on the Pacific side from Alaska to the coast of Siberia.Black-legged kittiwakes' wintering range extends further south from the St-Lawrence to the southern coast of New Jersey as well as in China, the Sargasso sea and of the coast of west Africa. There are two subspecies of black-legged kittiwake. Rissa tridactyla tridactyla can be found on the Atlantic coast whereas Rissa tridactyla pollicaris is found on the Pacific coast.
A wildlife close-up(Canon 400 mm)taken at Latrabjarg,Iceland
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August 6th, 2022
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