Red-legged Kittiwake
Rissa brevirostris

f4 @ 1/4000s, ISO:1250, Nikon D3S w 500mm

\"Red-legged Kittiwake,\" Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The red-legged kittiwake is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae. It breeds in the Pribilof Islands, Bogoslof Island and Buldir Island in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, and the Commander Islands, Russia and spends the winter at sea.The red-legged kittiwake is a very localized subarctic Pacific species. Apart from the distinguishing feature implicit in its name, it is very similar to its better known relative, the black-legged kittiwake; other differences include the shorter bill, larger eyes, a larger, rounder head and darker grey wings, and in the juveniles, which barely differ from the adults, lacking the black tail band and \'W\' across the wings of juvenile black-legged kittiwakes. Juveniles take three years to reach maturity. Adults are 35–39 cm (14–15 in) long, with an 84–92 cm (33–36 in) wingspan and a body mass of 325–510 g (11.5–18.0 oz).

St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, Alaska

06/22/2016