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The Charadriiformes are a sufficiently distinctive order of aquatic birds to be treated as shore birds. The order is large and diverse and comprises three rather different suborders, the waders, the gulls and the auks.
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© 1979 J. E. Webb, J. A. Wallwork and J. H. Elgood
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Webb, J.E., Wallwork, J.A., Elgood, J.H. (1979). Shore Birds. In: Guide to Living Birds. Classification Guides. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03613-4_5
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