Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies (candidate for split)

This taxon is a subspecies of Rissa tridactyla

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Other synonyms

Afrikaans: Swartpootbrandervoël (pollicaris)
Arabic: نورس أسود الساق (pollicaris)
Asturian: Gaviota tridáctila (pollicaris)
Azerbaijani: Üçbarmaq qağayı (pollicaris yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Трипръста чайка (ssp. pollicaris)
Catalan: Gavineta de tres dits (pollicaris)
Czech: racek tříprstý (ssp. pollicaris)
Danish: Ride (ssp. pollicaris)
German: Dreizehenmöwe (pollicaris)
Greek: Τριδάκτυλος Γλάρος (pollicaris)
English: Black-legged Kittiwake (Pacific), Black-legged Kittiwake (pollicaris), Pacific Black-legged Kittiwake, Pacific Kittiwake
English, HBW: Black-legged Kittiwake (pollicaris)
English (IOC): Black-legged Kittiwake (pollicaris)
English (United States): Black-legged Kittiwake (pollicaris)
Spanish: Gaviota Patas Negras (pollicaris), Gaviota Tridáctila (pollicaris)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Gaviota Patinegra (pollicaris)
Spanish (Cuba): Gallego patinegro (pollicaris)
Spanish (Spain): Gaviota Tridáctila (pollicaris)
Spanish (HBW): Black-legged Kittiwake (pollicaris)
Spanish (Mexico): Gaviota Patas Negras (pollicaris)
Spanish (Peru): Gaviota Tridáctila (pollicaris)
Basque: Antxeta hankabeltza (pollicaris)
Persian: کاکایی پاسیاه (pollicaris)
Finnish: pikkukajava (pollicaris)
French: Mouette du Pacifique, Mouette tridactyle (Pacifique), Mouette tridactyle (pollicaris)
Galician: Gaivota tridáctila (pollicaris)
Hebrew: ריסה שחורת-רגל (פציפית)
Icelandic: Rita (pollicaris)
Japanese (romaji): mitsuyubikamome (pollicaris)
Japanese: ミツユビカモメ (pollicaris), ミツユビカモメ（pollicaris）
Korean: 세가락갈매기, 세가락갈매기 (pollicaris)
Scientific: Larus tridactyl pollicaris, Larus tridactylus pollicaris, Rissa pollicaris, Rissa tridactyla pollicaris, Rissa tridactylus pollicaris
Lithuanian: Tripirštis kiras (pollicaris)
Dutch: Drieteenmeeuw (pollicaris)
Norwegian: krykkje (pollicaris)
Polish: mewa trójpalczasta (pollicaris)
Portuguese (Portugal): Gaivota-tridáctila (pollicaris)
Russian: Моевка (pollicaris)
Slovak: čajka čiernonohá, čajka čiernonohá (skup.)
Slovenian: Triprsti galeb (pollicaris)
Serbian: Troprsti galeb (pollicaris)
Swedish: tretåig mås (pollicaris)
Thai: นกคิตติเวกขาดำ (แปซิฟิก)
Turkish: Kara Ayaklı Martı (pollicaris)
Chinese: 三趾鸥（太平洋）
Chinese (Traditional): 三趾鷗(pollicaris), 三趾鷗(pollicaris亞種)