A large and fairly diverse group paraaquatic and terrestrial birds, united by a number of features of the internal structure. All Little Stint birds - residents of open spaces: steppes, fields, marshes, and some are living in the bush on the banks of reservoirs. In the fauna of Russia submitted by families of 4 (Ivanov, Shtegman, 1978).

Family Trehperstkovye Turnicidae

Some systematics is allocated in a separate squad Trehperstkoobraznyh Turniciformes (Stepanyan, 1990, 2003). A very small number of species group of birds, resembling appearance quail. The body of dense, short neck, with relatively short, powerful legs adapted for walking and running. Wings short, stupid, as a shepherdess. Vzletayut hustle type of chicken birds, but flying low over the grass and quickly sit down again. Unlike many other birds males have trehperstok painted less than females, and they are all caring for offspring. Inhabitants of dry, often stepovidnyh meadows with thickets of shrubs. Foods - seeds and small insects. Within Russia trehperstki represented by one genus: Trehperstki Turnix Bonnaterre, 1791 with one kind: Trehperstka Turnix tanki Blyth, 1843 (Ivanov, Shtegman, 1978).

Family Zhuravlinye Gruidae

Large and medium-sized birds. The legs and neck long, beak of the same length as the head, or markedly longer than her. Rear inches shorter, attached above the front. Wings long and curved. Cranes fly easily and at long distances, but unlike storks mainly active flight. Running height, can steam in the rising air currents. Inhabitants of open spaces: swamps, fields and dry steppes. Jacks on the ground. Food plants and animals, usually insects (Ivanov, Shtegman, 1978).

In the fauna of Russia also found:

Ussurisky Crane Grus japonensis Muller, 1776
Canadian crane Grus canadensis L., 1758
Daursky Crane Grus vipio Pallas, 1811

Family Pastushkovye Rallidae

Birds of small and medium-sized. The body of the majority of species somewhat compressed in the sides, adapted to the movement in the dense thickets along the banks of ponds or among the meadow grasses. Wings short and curved. Shepherdess reluctant to rise up in the air and usually make only short flights, flying low over the ground, but during seasonal migrations can cover long distances without landing. Fingers long, marshy, to easily move on marshy ground or lazat in the grass, stalks seizing fingers beams. Some Dunlin are on the fingers festonchatye swimming blade and may well swim and even dive. Inhabitants of coastal thickets, and wet meadows. Meal - small invertebrate animals (molluscs, insects), seeds, algae and young shoots of coastal plants (Ivanov, Shtegman, 1978).

In the fauna of Russia also found:

Small pogonysh Porzana parva Scopoli, 1769
Krasnonogy pogonysh Porzana fusca L., 1766
Big pogonysh Porzana paykullii Ljungh, 1813
Belokryly pogonysh Porzana exquisita Swinhoe, 1873
Belogrudy pogonysh Amaurornis phoenicurus Pennant, 1769
Rogataya kamyshnitsa Gallicrex cinerea (Gmelin, 1789)
Sultanka Porphyrio porphyrio L., 1758

Family Drofinye Otididae

Large and medium-sized poultry dense body. Neck long, strong beak, short; feet on the long, strong, well adapted to walking and running; on the underside of the fingers tight elastic pads. Fly only active, but little mobility direct flight. The inhabitants of the steppes or semi, as well as fields. Food plant (shoots of plants, seeds) and animals (insects, mollusks, sometimes myshevidnye rodents). Outside clustered period kept flocks (Ivanov, Shtegman, 1978).

In the fauna of Russia as well Strepet Tetrax tetrax L., 1758.

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