Red-legged kittiwake  (Rissa brevirostris)

This species breeds on islands off Alaska, USA (Pribilof, Bogoslof and Buldir Islands) and on the Commander Islands, Russia (3) (2). The total population was estimated to number 259,000 individuals in the 1970s, but this figure had fallen to 168,000 by 1990. Most of this decline occurred on the Pribilofs, but there was also a possible slight decline on the Commander Islands (4). The population seems to have stabilised recently (4).

Found on the open ocean and breeds on vertical sea cliffs (4).