Păsări limicole
Păsările limicole sau păsările de mal sunt păsări mici, care trăiesc în zona malului apelor, au ciocul lung și moale, sunt bune zburătoare pe distanțe mici, se hrănesc cu animale acvatice pe care le scot din sol, de sub pietre sau de pe fundul apelor puțin adânci. Ele aparțin ordinului caradriiformelor (Charadriiformes): becaținele (Gallinago, Lymnocryptes), culicii (Numenius), fluierarii (Tringa) etc.

Bibliografie
 Ericson, P. G. P.; Envall, I.; Irestedt, M.; & Norman, J. A. (2003). Inter-familial relationships of the shorebirds (Aves: Charadriiformes) based on nuclear DNA sequence data. BMC Evol. Biol. 3: 16.   PDF fulltext
 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.   (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.   (HTML abstract)
 Thomas, Gavin H.; Wills, Matthew A. & Székely, Tamás (2004a). Phylogeny of shorebirds, gulls, and alcids (Aves: Charadrii) from the cytochrome-b gene: parsimony, Bayesian inference, minimum evolution, and quartet puzzling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30(3): 516-526.  (HTML abstract)
 Thomas, Gavin H.; Wills, Matthew A.; & Székely, Tamás (2004b). A supertree approach to shorebird phylogeny. BMC Evol. Biol. 4: 28.   PDF fulltext  Supplementary Material
 van Tuinen, Marcel; Waterhouse, David; & Dyke, Gareth J. (2004). Avian molecular systematics on the rebound: a fresh look at modern shorebird phylogenetic relationships. Journal of Avian Biology 35(3): 191-194. PDF fulltext
 Explore the World With Shorebirds. (2004). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  Web. http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/cdm/ref/collection/document/id/1598
 Lindenfors, P.; Szekely, T.; and Reynolds,  J. D. (2003). Directional Changes in Sexual Size Dimorphism in Shorebirds, Gulls and Alcids. Journal of Evolutionary Biology J Evolution Biol: 930-38. Print.
 Szekely, T.; Freckleton, R.; & Reynolds, J. (2004). Sexual selection explains Rensch's rule of size dimorphism in shorebirds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(33): 12224-12227. 
 Szekely, Tamas; John D. Reynolds; and Jordi Figuerola. (2000) Sexual Size Dimorphism in Shorebirds, Gulls, and Alcids: The Influence of Sexual and Natural Selection. Evolution 54(4): 1404-413.

Legături externe
 

Ornitologie
Charadriiformes
Păsările limicole sau păsările de mal sunt păsări mici , care trăiesc în zona malului apelor , au ciocul lung și moale , sunt bune zburătoare pe distanțe mici , se hrănesc cu animale acvatice pe care le scot din sol , de sub pietre sau de pe fundul apelor puțin adânci . Ele aparțin ordinului caradriiformelor ( Charadriiformes ) : becaținele ( Gallinago , Lymnocryptes ) , culicii ( Numenius ) , fluierarii ( Tringa ) etc . Bibliografie Ericson , P. G. P. ; Envall , I. ; Irestedt , M. ; & Norman , J. A. Inter-familial relationships of the shorebirds ( Aves : Charadriiformes ) based on nuclear DNA sequence data . BMC Evol . Biol . PDF fulltext Paton , Tara A. ; & Baker , Allan J . Sequences frommitochondrial genes provide a well-supported phylogeny of the Charadriiform birds congruent with the nuclear RAG-1 tree . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution3):667 . ( HTML abstract ) Paton , T. A. ; Baker , A. J. ; Groth , J. G. ; & Barrowclough , G. F. RAG-1 sequences resolve phylogenetic relationships within charadriiform birds . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ( HTML abstract ) Thomas , Gavin H. ; Wills , Matthew A . & Székely , Tamás ) . Phylogeny of shorebirds , gulls , and alcids ( Aves : Charadrii ) from the cytochrome -b gene : parsimony , Bayesian inference , minimum evolution , and quartet puzzling . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution3 ) : ( HTML abstract ) Thomas , Gavin H. ; Wills , Matthew A. ; & Székely , Tamás ) . A supertree approach to shorebird phylogeny . BMC Evol . Biol . PDF fulltext Supplementary Material van Tuinen , Marcel ; Waterhouse , David ; & Dyke , Gareth J. Avian molecular systematics on the rebound : a fresh look at modern shorebird phylogenetic relationships . Journal of Avian Biology3 ) : PDF fulltext Explore the World With Shorebirds . U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service . Web. http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/cdm/ref/collection/document/id/1598 Lindenfors , P. ; Szekely , T. ; and Reynolds , J. D. Directional Changes in Sexual Size Dimorphism in Shorebirds , Gulls and Alcids . Journal of Evolutionary Biology J Evolution Biol : Print . Szekely , T. ; Freckleton , R. ; & Reynolds , J. Sexual selection explains Rensch's rule of size dimorphism in shorebirds . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.33 ) : Szekely , Tamas ; John D. Reynolds ; and Jordi Figuerola.Sexual Size Dimorphism in Shorebirds , Gulls , and Alcids : The Influence of Sexual and Natural Selection . Evolution4 ) : Legături externe Ornitologie Charadriiformes