‍Summary

This episode is all about birds in the family Laridae. This is an ancient evolutionary lineage that originated over 70 million years ago, when the world was still ruled by dinosaurs.

Besides gulls and terns, the family Laridae also includes the skimmers and the noddies.

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Links of Interest

• Shoplifting gull stealing Doritos.

Research Citations

• Phylogenetic relationships within the Laridae (Charadriiformes: Aves) inferred from mitochondrial markers
• Phylogenetic relationships and divergence times of Charadriiformes genera: multigene evidence for the Cretaceous origin of at least 14 clades of shorebirds
• Within and between season nest-site and mate fidelity in Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) [PDF]

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Photos of Some Species Mentioned

Attributions

• Laughing Gull sounds (Xeno Canto recordings XC224822)
• Black-headed Gull sounds (Xeno Canto recordings XC396614)
• Slaty-backed Gull sounds (Xeno Canto recordings XC294817)
• Black-legged Kittiwake sounds (Xeno Canto recordings XC664474)
• Common Tern sounds (Xeno Canto recordings XC395263)
• White Tern sounds (Xeno Canto recordings XC403998)
• Black Skimmer sounds (Xeno Canto recordings XC229133)

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