# Kittywakes at Fjortende Julibreen, Krossfjord, Svalbard

- By: AWeith
- Date: 2015-07-27
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kittywakes_at_Fjortende_Julibreen,_Krossfjord,_Svalbard.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kittywakes_at_Fjortende_Julibreen%2C_Krossfjord%2C_Svalbard.jpg/1920px-Kittywakes_at_Fjortende_Julibreen%2C_Krossfjord%2C_Svalbard.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla are common on Svalbard; approximately 270,000 pairs usually breed here in summer. They are often found in front of the glaciers sitting on ice floes taking care for their plumage during their moult.