То су мале, збијене птице које настањују тло, а живе у тропским и суптропским подручјима Старог света. Имају кратка и заокружена крила и крећу се само ретким и кратким летовима. На ногама имају само по два прста. Сивосмеђе перје нешто већих женки је светлије него код мужјака. На јајима лежи само мужјак, а и сву бригу о младунцима води само он. Јаја се излегну након 12 до 13 дана, а младунци могу да лете у року од 2 недеље од излегања.[1]
Таксономија
Турнициди су традиционално смештане у Gruiformes[2] или Galliformes[3][4] (редове ждралова и фазана). Таксономија Сибли-Алквиста их је уздигла до редног статуса Turniciformes и базалних у друге Neoaves или зато што је њихова убрзана стопа молекуларне еволуције премашила границе осетљивости ДНК-ДНК хибридизације или зато што аутори нису извршили одговарајућа поређења у пару или обоје. Морфолошки, ДНК-ДНК хибридизација и подаци о секвенци указују на то да турнициди исправно припадају приморским птицама (Charadriiformes).[5][6][7]
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