The bulk update request #10201 is pending approval.

create implication charadriiform (0) -> bird (149137)
create alias charadriiformes (0) -> charadriiform (0)
remove implication shorebird (137) -> bird (149137)
create implication shorebird (137) -> charadriiform (0)
create alias wader_(bird) (0) -> shorebird (137)
remove implication avocet (2) -> shorebird (137)
remove implication jacana (3) -> shorebird (137)
remove implication lapwing (6) -> shorebird (137)
remove implication oystercatcher (2) -> shorebird (137)
remove implication plover (92) -> shorebird (137)
remove implication sandpiper (27) -> shorebird (137)
remove implication woodcock (11) -> sandpiper (27)
remove implication stilt_(bird) (3) -> shorebird (137)
remove implication stone-curlew (1) -> shorebird (137)
remove implication snipe_(bird) (1) -> lari (1995)
remove implication lari (1995) -> bird (149137)

Reason: Part I: Housekeeping

OK so this is a bit of a mess. The bird order Charadriiformes is made up of three suborders (Charadrii, Scolopaci, and Lari). On esix, Lari is implied directly to bird, and some of the members of Charadrii and Scolopaci are implied to shorebird, which also implies bird directly. Shorebird, in turn, is a paraphyletic grouping that encompasses all of Charadii and Scolopaci, as well as a few groups within Lari, but (importantly) excludes most of the largest groups within Lari, such as gulls and puffins.

These BURs tear down the current trees and rebuild them thusly, getting everything in its proper place, futureproofing several groups that don't have art yet, and establishing shorebird as a paraphyletic umbrella:

• charadriiform
• charadrii ---> shorebird
• stone-curlew
• sheathbill
• charadriid
• plover
• lapwing
• egyptian_plover
• magellanic_plover
• ibisbill
• oystercatcher
• recurvirostrid
• stilt_(bird)
• avocet
• scolopaci ---> shorebird
• jacana
• plains-wanderer
• seedsnipe
• painted-snipe
• scolopacid
• sandpiper
• curlew
• dowitcher
• godwit
• woodcock
• snipe_(bird)
• phalarope
• tattler_(bird)
• yellowlegs_(bird)
• turnstone
• ruff_(bird)
• lari
• buttonquail ---> shorebird
• crab-plover ---> shorebird
• glareolid ---> shorebird
• courser_(bird)
• pratincole
• alcid
• auklet
• great_auk
• little_auk
• guillemot
• murre
• murrelet
• puffin
• larid
• gull
• noddy_(bird)
• skimmer
• tern
• skua

The bulk update request #10202 is pending approval.

create implication charadrii (0) -> charadriiform (0)
create implication charadrii (0) -> shorebird (137)
create implication stone-curlew (1) -> charadrii (0)
create alias thick-knee (0) -> stone-curlew (1)
create implication sheathbill (0) -> charadrii (0)
remove implication egyptian_plover (25) -> plover (92)
create implication egyptian_plover (25) -> charadrii (0)
create implication magellanic_plover (0) -> charadrii (0)
create implication charadriid (0) -> charadrii (0)
create alias charadriidae (0) -> charadriid (0)
create implication plover (92) -> charadriid (0)
create implication lapwing (6) -> charadriid (0)
create implication ibisbill (0) -> charadrii (0)
create implication oystercatcher (2) -> charadrii (0)
create implication recurvirostrid (0) -> charadrii (0)
create alias recurvirostridae (0) -> recurvirostrid (0)
create implication stilt_(bird) (3) -> recurvirostrid (0)
create implication avocet (2) -> recurvirostrid (0)

Reason: Part II: Charadrii

The bulk update request #10203 is pending approval.

Reason: Part III: Scolopaci

The bulk update request #10204 is pending approval.

create implication lari (1995) -> charadriiform (0)
create implication buttonquail (0) -> lari (1995)
create implication buttonquail (0) -> shorebird (137)
create implication crab-plover (0) -> lari (1995)
create implication crab-plover (0) -> shorebird (137)
create implication glareolid (0) -> lari (1995)
create implication glareolid (0) -> shorebird (137)
create alias glareolidae (0) -> glareolid (0)
create implication courser_(bird) (0) -> glareolid (0)
create implication pratincole (0) -> glareolid (0)
create implication murre (0) -> alcid (478)
create alias jaeger_(bird) (0) -> skua (21)

Reason: Part IV: Lari