Ruddy Turnstone
(Arenaria interpres)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5B, N5N - Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding SNRM - Unranked Migrant |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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The black “bib” on the breast merges with a band that curves up to the shoulders. |
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Size |
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8¾″ to 9½″ in length 20″ to 22″ wingspan |
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Habitat |
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Lake shores, marshes, sewage lagoons, agricultural fields |
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Biology |
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Migration |
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Mid-May to mid-June and late July through September |
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Distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Uncommon migrant |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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| Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Charadriiformes (shorebirds and allies) | ||
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Scolopacidae (sandpipers and allies) | ||
Genus |
Arenaria (turnstones) | ||
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Subordinate Taxa |
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Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres interpres) Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres morinella) |
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| Lynn Rubey | |||
The Ruddy Turnstone was enjoying the sprays of water as the wind wept the waves over the rocky edge of one of the pools located in The Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge. A couple of them would stay farther back in the rocks and grass, this one was standing on one of the closer rocks to the waters edge and after a few sprays of water would shake it off then wait for it again. This is along the auto tour road and as vehicles would drive by they would take to the skies and then return to their perches on the rocks and the grass. |
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| Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres). Birdfun |
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About
Published on May 31, 2016 Ruddy Turnstones (Arenaria interpres) in breeding plumage. On an early morning in the small port of the Cocksdorp on Texel in the Netherlands. |
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| Arenaria interpres = RUDDY TURNSTONE Rob Curtis |
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Published on Mar 13, 2015 Arenaria interpres = RUDDY TURNSTONE. Individuals preening, foraging. Photo gallery at: http://www.theearlybirder.com/sandprs/rud-turn/index.htm |
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| Ruddy Turnstones - Arenaria interpres - Palm Beach County, Florida, USA William Hull |
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Published on May 24, 2012 Ruddy Turnstones on the beach near Lake Worth Pier in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. April 12, 2012. |
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| Lynn Rubey 5/22/2019 |
Location: Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge The Ruddy Turnstone was enjoying the sprays of water as the wind wept the waves over the rocky edge of one of the pools located in The Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge. A couple of them would stay farther back in the rocks and grass, this one was standing on one of the closer rocks to the waters edge and after a few sprays of water would shake it off then wait for it again. This is along the auto tour road and as vehicles would drive by they would take to the skies and then return to their perches on the rocks and the grass. |
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Created: 5/23/2019
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