Lari

:"For the currency, see Georgian lari. For the Italian city, see Lari, Italy. For the Iranian language, see Lari dialect. For the Baloch tribe, see Lari (tribe). For the ethnic group in the Republic of the Congo, see Lari (ethnic group)."Taxobox
name = Lari

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Atlantic Yellow-legged Gull
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Charadriiformes
subordo = Lari
subordo_authority = Sharpe, 1891
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision =
* Laridae
*Rhynchopidae
*Sternidae
*Alcidae
*Stercorariidae
*Glareolidae
*Dromadidae

The suborder Lari is the part of the order Charadriiformes which includes the gulls, terns, skuas and skimmers, with the waders and snipes making up the rest of the order. Following recent research, the auks are now placed into the Lari too; the Glareolidae might constitute a distinct suborder. Sometimes, the buttonquails are also placed here, but the molecular data and fossil record rather suggests them be a quite basal offshoot along with the snipe-like and aberrant waders.(Paton "et al.", 2003; Thomas "et al.", 2004; Paton & Baker, 2006).

The larids are generally larger species which 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.

References

* Paton, Tara A. & Baker, Allan J. (2006): Sequences from 14 mitochondrial genes provide a well-supported phylogeny of the Charadriiform birds congruent with the nuclear RAG-1 tree. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution" 39(3): 657–667. DOI|10.1016/j.ympev.2006.01.011 (HTML abstract)

* Paton, T. A.; Baker, A. J.; Groth, J. G. & Barrowclough, G. F. (2003): RAG-1 sequences resolve phylogenetic relationships within charadriiform birds. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution" 29: 268-278. doi|10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00098-8 (HTML abstract)

* Thomas, Gavin H.; Wills, Matthew A. & Székely, Tamás (2004): A supertree approach to shorebird phylogeny. "BMC Evol. Biol." 4: 28. doi|10.1186/1471-2148-4-28 [http://www.pubmedcentral.org/picrender.fcgi?artid=515296&blobtype=pdf PDF fulltext] [http://www.pubmedcentral.org/articlerender.fcgi?artid=515296#supplementary-material-sec Supplementary Material]