Red-legged Kittiwake

Rissa brevirostris

IUCN: Vulnerable

Taxonomy

Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Rissa
eBird Code
relkit

Distribution

breeds Commander Islands (southeastern Russia), Aleutian, and Pribilof islands, and St. Matthew Island (northern Bering Sea); winters Bering Sea to ice-edge and south of Aleutian Islands

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.