Lari (bird)
Suborder of birds
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ToursExplore Lably’s 3D toursThe larids are generally larger species that take fish from the sea. Several gulls and skuas will also take food items from beaches, or rob smaller species, and some have become adapted to inland environments.
The suborder Lari includes six families:
- Family Dromadidae – crab-plover
- Family Glareolidae – coursers, pratincoles (17 species)
- Family Laridae – gulls, terns, skimmers (103 species)
- Family Stercorariidae – skuas (7 species)
- Family Alcidae – auks (25 species)
- Family Turnicidae – buttonquails (18 species)
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