The Kittiwake belongs to which family of birds?
Kittiwake Kittiwake The kittiwakes (genus Rissa) are two closely related seabird species in the gull family Laridae, the black-legged kittiwake ("R. tridactyla") and the red-legged kittiwake ("R. brevirostris"). The epithets "black-legged" and "red-legged" are used to distinguish the two species in North America, but in Europe, where "R. brevirostris" is not found, the black-legged kittiwake is often known simply as kittiwake, or more colloquially in some areas as tickleass or tickleace. The name is derived from its call, a shrill 'kittee-wa-aaake, kitte-wa-aaake'. The genus name "Rissa" is from the Icelandic name "Rita" for the black-legged kittiwake. The two species are physically
USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) in order to correct it and get "Kittiwake" moving forward, but unwittingly caused "Kittiwake" to move further astern and at a higher speed. Still not realizing that "Kittiwake"s main drive motor was operating in reverse of what they expected, "Kittiwake"s bridge personnel then ordered another increase in "Kittiwake"s forward speed, which only served to increase her speed astern. This continued until "Kittiwake"s stern backed into "Bergall"s sonar dome. In 1986, the "Kittiwake" recovered the black box from the Space Shuttle "Challenger" disaster. "Kittiwake" was decommissioned on 30 September 1994 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on the same day.