Red-legged kittiwake  (Rissa brevirostris)

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Glossary

Carrion: The flesh of a dead animal.
Colonies: A group of organisms living together. Individuals in the group are not physiologically connected and may not be related, such as a colony of birds.
Invertebrates: Animals with no backbone.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (May, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. BirdLife International (May, 2008)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3256&m=0
  3. Red-legged kittiwake - United States Geological Survey (March, 2004)
    http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i0410id.html
  4. BirdLife International. (2001) Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.