kit·ti·wake

(kĭt′ē-wāk′)

Either of two gray gulls, Rissa tridactyla or R. brevirostris of northern oceans, that nest in colonies on sea cliffs.

[Perhaps imitative of its cry.]

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kittiwake

(ˈkɪtɪˌweɪk)

(Animals) either of two oceanic gulls of the genus Rissa, esp R. tridactyla, having a white plumage with pale grey black-tipped wings and a square-cut tail. Also called: hacklet

[C17: of imitative origin]

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kit•ti•wake

(ˈkɪt iˌweɪk)

n.

either of two small cliff-nesting gulls of the genus Rissa, of northern seas.

[1655–65; imitative]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

kittiwake - small pearl-grey gull of northern regions; nests on cliffs and has a rudimentary hind toe

sea gull, seagull, gull - mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs

genus Rissa, Rissa - a genus of Laridae

Translations

Dreizehenmöwe

kittiwake

[ˈkɪtɪweɪk] N → gaviota f tridáctila, gavina f

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kittiwake

n → Dreizehenmöwe f

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kittiwake

[ˈkɪtɪˌweɪk] n → gabbiano tridattilo

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We tested the cross-amplification of 90 microsatellite primer pairs developed for other closely species within the Charadriiformes: nine on Saunders's Gull Larus saundersi (Jiang et al., 2011), 22 on Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea (Yannic et al., 2011), seven on Red-billed Gull Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus (Given et al., 2002), six on Herring Gull Larus argentatus (Gregory and Quinn, 2005), five on American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus (Crochet et al., 2003), seven on Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla (Verkuil et al., 2009), 31 on Little Terns Sternula albifrons (Noreikiene et al., 2012) and three on Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii (Szczys et al., 2005) for variability in Relict Gull.

Short Communication - Microsatellite Loci Identified by Cross-Species Amplifications in the Globally Vulnerable Relict Gull, Larus relictus

These include species such as the European Turtle-dove, which uses Cyprus as a stopover during migration, but also as a breeding ground, the Meadow Pipit, many of which can be seen in winter in Cyprus, the Black-legged Kittiwake, another accidental visitor to Cyprus, and the Common Pochard, also a visitor.

One in five birds at risk of extinction, says BirdLife

I used a climbing rope or ladder to access 225 Red-legged Kittiwake nest sites and 203 Black-legged Kittiwake nest sites at 20 sampling plots on St.

Competitive displacement? An experimental assessment of nest site preferences of cliff-nesting gulls

Now the black-legged kittiwake bird has been added to that list.

Like humans, birds too avoid inbreeding

In this paper, we use the Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), a cliff-nesting seabird, to test some of these assumptions and predictions.

Conspecific reproductive success and breeding habitat selection: implications for the study of coloniality

For example, in a study of the Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, Hatch and Hatch (1990) found no relationship between the variation in clutch size and the variation in reproductive output, suggesting that, at the time of egg-laying, the female has small possibilities of regulating clutch size according to future breeding conditions.

On the cost of reproduction in long-lived birds: the influence of environmental variability

"At least 18 species of gulls have been recorded here including the Iceland, mew, slaty-backed, California, Sabine's, Thayer's, glaucous, ivory, great and lesser black-backed, little, Bonaparte's, and Ross' gulls and black-legged Kittiwake," says event organizer Burney.

Birdwatchers flock to Lake Ontario and Niagara River

Key words: black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla, Arctic, population trend

Status of high Arctic black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) colonies in Barrow Strait, Nunavut, Canada

Black-legged Kittiwake feeding flocks in Alaska: selfish/reciprocal altruistic flocks?

Foraging area fidelity of individual seabirds in relation to tidal cycles and flock feeding