Močvarice
Močvarice (lat. Charadriiformes) su red iz razreda ptica. To je red s vrlo različitim porodicama i rodovima. Postoji oko 350 vrsta.

Opis 
Ove su ptice malene do srednje veličine.

Hrane se beskralježnjacima ili drugim malenim životinjama. Mnogi rodovi imaju duge noge sa tri prsta, a često i sa pokretnim četvrtim. Obično se gnijezde na tlu, ali neke vrste grade gnijezda u stablima. Mladunci su im potrkušci koji mogu odmah sami tražiti hranu. Gotovo sve ove ptice su dugovječne, a nastanjuju močvarna područja i obale, a neke nastanjuju i pustinje i guste šume. Žive u cijelom svijetu.

Sistematika
Ovaj red ptica ima veliki broj porodica koje su međusobno prilično različite:

 Njorke (Alcidae)
 Lopočke trčkalice (Jacanidae)
 Oštrigari (Haematopodidae) 
 Šljuke sjemenjarke (Thinocoridae)
 Pedionomidae
 Šljuke (Scolopacidae)
 Rostratulidae
 Chionididae
 Ćukavice (Burhinidae)
 Vlastelice (Recurvirostridae) 
 Ćurlini (Ibidorhynchidae)
 Kulici (Charadriidae)
 Zlatari (Pluvianellidae)
 Dromah (Dromadidae)
 Pješčarke (Glareolidae)
 Pomornici (Stercorariidae)
 Vodosjeci (Rhynchopidae)
 Galebi (Laridae)
 Čigre (Sternidae)

Drugi projekti

Galerija

Reference 

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Neognathae