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Kittiwakes
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Kittiwakes

Rissa

2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Black-legged Kittiwake

speciesRissa tridactyla

Red-legged Kittiwake

speciesRissa brevirostris

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Kittiwakes in Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 20)

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 20)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.57

Kittiwakes in Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.990

Kittiwakes in Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.592

Kittiwakes in Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.536

Kittiwakes in History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.374

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4492.