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family Laridae - gull family: gulls and terns

bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

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

larid - long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family

genus Larus, Larus - type genus of the Laridae

genus Pagophila, Pagophila - a genus of Laridae

genus Rissa, Rissa - a genus of Laridae

Sterninae, subfamily Sterninae - terns

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The return of the endangered bird, a tern in the family Laridae, to Matsu for four consecutive years means the bird has a regular migratory path and has grown a sense of affinity with the environment on the islands, researchers at National Taiwan University said.

Rare bird spotted on Taiwan's Matsu Islands

The length of the expected W- and Z- fragments were assessed to: CHD1W 400-450 bp and CHD1Z 600-650 bp as in other species from family Laridae (Fridolfsson & Ellegren 1999).

Sexing of common gull, Larus canus, using linear measurements

Gulls, seabirds of the family laridae, have been on earth, according to fossil evidence, for more than 30 million years (we are thought to have evolved in East Africa only 200,000 years ago) and they are clever.

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