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... Charadriiformes ( A.Kn. ) The order Charadriiformes comprises the shorebirds , gulls , auks , and their relatives . These birds form an im- portant and familiar segment of the avifauna of the world's coasts and inland waterways , of the ...
... Charadriiformes ( A.Kn. ) The order Charadriiformes comprises the shorebirds , gulls , auks , and their relatives . These birds form an im- portant and familiar segment of the avifauna of the world's coasts and inland waterways , of the ...
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... Charadriiformes are clearly recog- nizable as belonging to a particular suborder . Major structural variations occur in the beak and legs , corre- lated with the mode of feeding and size of food . Adaptations for flight . Gulls , terns ...
... Charadriiformes are clearly recog- nizable as belonging to a particular suborder . Major structural variations occur in the beak and legs , corre- lated with the mode of feeding and size of food . Adaptations for flight . Gulls , terns ...
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... Charadriiformes it appears that considerable adaptive radiation ( diversification ) has occurred and disappeared in the past . Modern families probably had their origins in Paleocene times or earlier , and many modern genera were well ...
... Charadriiformes it appears that considerable adaptive radiation ( diversification ) has occurred and disappeared in the past . Modern families probably had their origins in Paleocene times or earlier , and many modern genera were well ...
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