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===Diet and feeding=== The diet of breeding surfbirds is dominated by insects. On one study examining stomach contents, flies ([[Diptera]]), including eggs, pupae and adults, composed 55% of the food taken by surfbirds, and beetles [[Coleoptera]] 36%. Other insects taken include moths and butterflies ([[Lepidoptera]]) and bees and wasps ([[Hymenoptera]]). Seeds and snails are also taken, albeit rarely.<ref name="BNA" /><ref name="Dixon 1927">{{cite journal|last1=Dixon|first1=J.|title=The Surf-Bird's secret|journal=The Auk|date=1927|volume=29|issue=1|pages=3β16|url=https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v029n01/p0003-p0016.pdf}}</ref>
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