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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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Which, naturally, got me to thinking about the newly erected order Suliformes, a development I mentioned in my December column, 2010′s Top 10 Developments in Bird Taxonomy and Systematics , but which I thought deserved further examination, for it’s one of those stories that defines the era in which we are living and birding.

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A Problem with Gulls

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Gulls in Larnaca, taken 22/02/2010 by ©Stavros Christodoulides Recognizing that gull identification is confusing doesn’t help your average birdwatcher however. It is also familiar at inland sites in winter, especially reservoirs and refuse tips, and breeds in the relatively-Northerly regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.

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