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| Rissa brevirostris |
(Bruch, 1853) |
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Family: Laridae |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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Red-legged kittiwake |
Mouette des brumes |
Gaviota piquicorta |
Klippenmöwe |
| Migration: interoceanic |
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unclear |
Little studied. Birds move S in winter, some keeping just ahead of advancing ice, others dispersing widely over
ocean. Many presumably leave Bering Sea, most probably spread over N Pacific E as far as Gulf of Alaska,
where recorded in winter; several have been seen S to N Japan. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J
(eds), 1996)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1996) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: North America, North Asia |
| Feedback: mail to Klaus Riede |
| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |