A large, ecologically varied order of mostly shorebirds and seabirds, including plovers, sandpipers, gulls, terns and auks, most species associated with coastlines, wetlands or open water.
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Member Species/Taxa CountApproximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized. Taxonomic Rank Scientific Name Connections
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