<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Charadriiformes</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>Alcidae</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Charadriidae</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Scolopacidae</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Laridae</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Aves</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>charadriiforms</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>gulls, sandpipers, auks, and allies</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Order containing around 370 species in 17 families including plovers, jacanas, stilts, avocets, thickknees, terns, and murres, having three basic body plans: waders (shorebirds) that usually feed on small animals in mud or water; web-footed dense-plumaged water birds that feed by plunging into water for fish, robbing other birds, or scavenging; and dense-plumaged, web-footed, marine, wing-propelled divers that feed on fish or invertebrates. ]]></note></mads>