The ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a small cosmopolitan wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria.
It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly sometimes placed in the plover family Charadriidae. It is a highly migratory bird, breeding in northern parts of Eurasia and North America and flying south to winter on coastlines almost worldwide. It is the only species of turnstone in much of its range and is often known simply as turnstone.
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The ruddyturnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a small cosmopolitan wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. It is now classified...
by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the ruddyturnstone (Arenaria interpres) as the type species. The genus name arenaria is...
turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala) is a species of small wading bird. It is one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria the ruddyturnstone...
common predators are normally other birds rather than mammals. The ruddyturnstone will take eggs from unattended nests, and gulls may take chicks. Great...
a lined ground scrape. The Terek sandpiper likes to associate with ruddyturnstones (Arenaria interpres), smallish calidrids, and Charadrius (but maybe...
(1993) pp. 112–119. Parkes, K C; Poole, A; Lapham, H (1971). "The RuddyTurnstone as an egg predator" (PDF). Wilson Bulletin. 83: 306–307. Harrison (1988)...
Red-legged kittiwake Reindeer Ribbon seal Ringed seal Ross seal Ross's gull Ruddyturnstone Sabine's gull Sanderling Siberian brown lemming Snow bunting Snow goose...
in the family Scolopacidae. It was once considered to be allied to the turnstones, and placed in the monotypic genus Aphriza, but is now placed in the genus...
Portugal. They are fairly gregarious, forming small flocks, often with ruddyturnstones. This species is tame and approachable. Their breeding habitat is the...
royal tern, greater flamingo, Eurasian spoonbill, curlew sandpiper, ruddyturnstone, and little stint. Aside from being a valued breeding ground for birds...
shanks and tattlers, the Actitis and Terek sandpipers, and also of the turnstones and calidrids. They are especially notable for their unusual nesting behavior...
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