Found around the rocky coasts of Ireland and north-west Britain, this distinctive little seabird has a sharp black bill and scarlet feet. In summer the Black Guillemot is all black, save for prominent ...

The killdeer is a bit of an odd duck in the sense that it is a member of the avian order Charadriiformes (a.k.a. the shorebirds). More specifically, the killdeer is a member of a group of birds known ...

FISH experiments were performed using whole chromosome probes of Zenaida auriculata (ZAU1-5, which are homologous to GGA1-3,4q and 5, respectively) (Kretschmer et al., 2018b) and G. gallus (GGA4, 6-16 ...

The Xeme (Sabine’s gull) is a small gull found in North America and Europe. It lives in the Arctic during the breeding season, migrates over oceans, and spends winters in more tropical waters. You ...

They also curb the populations of lesser-known invertebrates like amphipods, isopods, and grasshoppers. But not all shorebirds (order Charadriiformes) look alike. Plovers, for example, have the ...

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Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat ...

The main differences between albatross and seagulls are their scientific classification, range, habitat, size, wingspan, diet, lifespan and nest type and clutch size. While the former belongs the ...

Puffins are small seabirds that vary slightly in size depending on the species. The tufted puffin is slightly larger than the other species, weighing 18.3 to 35.3 ounces and measuring 14.2 to 15.8 ...

With its dark bill, silvery-grey upperparts and rosy-washed breast, the Roseate Tern is one of the UK's rarest breeding birds. The Roseate Tern is a very marine bird, spending most of its life at sea.

This analysis recovered a paraphyletic Gruiformes with respect to Charadriiformes, with Nahmavis grandei and Scandiavis mikkelseni being placed as the sister-taxa of all included Charadriiformes (CI = ...

A by-law to regulate the keeping, registration, licensing, control and welfare of certain classes of animals within the City of Guelph and to repeal by-laws (1979)- 10081; (1985)-11952; (1991)-14008; ...