Charadriiform: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Charadriiformes

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Illustration of a crab plover (Dromas ardeola), showing a slender wading bird with long legs, a long pointed black bill, white head and underparts, and contrasting black wings and back.

razor-billed auk

lesser black-backed gull

bill variations among the Lari and Alcae

body plans of typical members of major charadriiform group

bill variation in shorebirds

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Alcae Lari Shorebird Glareolidae Scolopacidae Charadriidae Thickknee Skimmer Phalarope Painted snipe passeriform Anseriform falconiform pelecaniform piciform Coraciiform Columbiform gruiform Ciconiiform procellariiform

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turkey vulture. vulture. Close-up of a head and beak of a Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).

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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)

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Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius). Animals, mammals.

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