Charadriiformes

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Related to Charadriiform: order Charadriiformes, Scolopaci

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Noun 1. Charadriiformes - large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life

order Charadriiformes

animal order - the order of animals

Aves, class Aves - (ornithology) the class of birds

Charadrii, suborder Charadrii - shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews

Limicolae, suborder Limicolae - term used in some classifications for migratory shorebirds; coextensive with the Charadrii

genus Haematopus, Haematopus - oystercatchers

coastal diving bird - gull family; skimmer family; jaeger family; auk family

suborder Lari, Lari - gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers

Alcidae, family Alcidae - web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.

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As metabolism decreased with age, I propose that long-lived charadriiform birds, with their high levels of oxygen expenditure, altered their energy consumption to reduce oxidative (or other) damage.

The arctic Phoenix

Many species of resident and migrant charadriiform birds were observed feeding on the flat during the study.

On Mellitella stokesii and Amphipholis geminata (Echinodermata), from an intertidal flat in the upper Gulf of Nicoya estuary, Pacific, Costa Rica

Habitat requirements and breeding success of charadriiform birds nesting at Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge.

Survival and movement of chicks of the least tern (Sterna antillarum) on an alkaline flat