**Contains** common and scientific names, suborder, family, genus and tidal life history of the studied species of biparental shorebirds.
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We recommend **read**ing the **paper METHODS** before using the data.
Questions can be directed to: Martin Bulla (**bulla.mar@gmail.com**)
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WHEN USING THIS DATA, **PLEASE CITE**:
Bulla et al (2016). Supporting infromation for 'Unexpected diversity in socially synchronized rhythms of shorebirds'. Open Science Framework. http://osf.io/wxufm Retrieved: ADD DATETIME.
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Values are separated by comma.
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**Column definition**
1. sp: four letter abbreviation of the species's English name
2. species: English common name of the species (in lower case)
3. scinam: scientific name of the species
4. suborder: suborder of the species
5. family: family of the species
6. genus: genust of the species
7. tidal: does the species predominantly uses a tidal environment outside its breeding ground (y = yes, n = no)
8. tidal_source: where does the information about tide come from?
BNA - The Birds of North America Online (P. Rodewald, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology; Retrieved from The Birds of North America Online database: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/BNA/; JAN 2016.
Cramp - Cramp, S. Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palearctic Volume III: Waders to Gulls (Oxford University Press, 1990).
Brazil - Brazil, M. Birds of East Asia: Eastern China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Eastern Russia (Christohper Helm, 2009).
Chandler - Chandler, R. J. Shorebirds of the Northern Hemisphere (Christopher Helm, 2009).
Hayman - Hayman, P., Marchant, J. & Prater, T. 412 (Christopher Hlem Ltd-, London, 1986).
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