Black-legged Kittiwake

Black-legged Kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Olympic National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Kenai Fjords National Park 🇺🇸 United States
70–80%
2 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
3 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
10–20%
4 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
0–10%
5 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
0–10%
6 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
0–10%
7 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
8 Cape Breton Highlands National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
9 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
10 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
11 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
12 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
13 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
14 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
15 Thingvellir National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
Insufficient data
16 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
17 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data
18 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
19 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
20 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Black-legged Kittiwake in Olympic National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Black-legged Kittiwake sighting in Olympic National Park, based on 235 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Black-legged Kittiwake in Olympic National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Black-legged Kittiwake in Olympic National Park in our monthly data.

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