Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) - HBW 3, p. 515
French: Tournepierre à collier
German: Steinwälzer
Spanish: Vuelvepiedras Común
Other common names: Turnstone
Taxonomy: Tringa Interpres Linnaeus, 1758, Gotland, Sweden.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- interpres (Linnaeus, 1758) - Axel Heiberg I and Ellesmere I (N Canadian Arctic), Greenland, N Eurasia and NW Alaska; winters on coasts of W Europe, Africa, S Asia, Australasia and S Pacific islands, with some also on Pacific coast of North America, from California to at least Mexico.
- morinella (Linnaeus, 1766) - NE Alaska and most of Arctic Canada; winters from South Carolina and Gulf of Mexico to SC Chile and N Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Confrontations between birds of a group feeding on a rocky beach Locality Port Mahon, Kent County, Delaware, USA (United States) (ssp morinella)
Josep del Hoyo 5 May 2006 4 years ago 37 sec 4.5 -
A bird resting on the pier. Locality Pier of IJmuiden, Netherlands
Yoel Jimenez 29 January 2011 1 year ago 45 sec 4.5 -
A bird in non-breeding plumage foraging near a group of Sea Lions Locality Plaza Sur, Galapagos Islands (ssp morinella)
Anna Motis 20 August 2005 3 years ago 39 sec 4.5 -
A group of birds feeding on a rocky beach Locality Port Mahon, Kent County, Delaware, USA (United States) (ssp morinella)
Josep del Hoyo 5 May 2006 4 years ago 34 sec 4.3 -
Birds in winter plumage roosting and preening on a promenade at high tide Locality Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, Great Britain (ssp interpres)
Greg Baker 29 March 2002 18 weeks ago 53 sec 4.3 -
An adult in basic plumage foraging on an exposed marine encrusted rock Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp morinella)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2007 4 years ago 22 sec 4.2
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roosting at sunset on the pier
Locality De IJzermonding Nature Reserve, Nieuwpoort, West Flanders Province, Belgium
Marco Valentini 14 January 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.4 -
Turnstone resting on a concrete block
Locality Scheveningen, The Hague, South Holland Province, Netherlands
Rob Belterman 4 September 2011 13 weeks ago 4.4 -
Portret of a Turnstone
Locality Scheveningen, The Hague, South Holland Province, Netherlands
Rob Belterman 4 September 2011 13 weeks ago 4.4 -
A late breeding plumage
Locality Île aux Basques, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 8 September 2011 21 weeks ago 4.4 -
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Locality Herdla, Hordaland County, Norway
Geir Jensen 12 March 2011 7 weeks ago 4.3 -
On rocky shore
Locality Île aux Basques, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 6 September 2011 21 weeks ago 4.3
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calls. Locality Icapuí, Ceará State, Brazil
(ssp morinella)
Ciro Albano 9 September 2006 2 years ago 3
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