Black-legged Kittiwake

base stats

• NL sightings 83iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 17,850iNaturalist observations
• weight 443 gadult, up to
• threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

• 👀Spotted 83 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
• 🌍17,850 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 🪶Weighs only about 443 g.
• 📜Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
• ⚠️Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

fact sheet

English

Black-legged Kittiwake

Nederlands

Drieteenmeeuw

scientific name

Rissa tridactyla

class

Aves

order

Charadriiformes

family

Laridae

IUCN Red List

VU · vulnerable

sightings in NL

83

sightings in Europe

8,306

sightings worldwide

17,850

GBIF records in NL

39,588

weight

443 g

length

—

lifespan

—

named

1758

IUCN in Dutch: kwetsbaar. Blank means the sources don't say.