Turnstone
From LoveToKnow 1911
TURNSTONE, the name long given 1 to a shore-bird, from its habit of turning over with its bill such stones as it can to seek its food in the small crustaceans or other animals lurking beneath them.
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
(aka Ruddy Turnstone)
Scotland
The Turnstone breeds around the fringes of the Arctic in northern Europe, Asia, North America and Greenland.
Turnstones are two bird species, the Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), and the Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala), in the family Scolopacidae. They are closely related to calidrid sandpipers (Thomas et al., 2004).
TURNSTONE.
[Ruddy Turnstone.]
STREPSILAS INTERPRES, Linn.
[Arenaria interpres.] ...
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus)
Status Common transient, rare in winter. It is an uncommon spring migrant generally seen during May (earliest 28 April, latest 2 June).
Ruddy Turnstone Photos
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Ruddy Turnstone 1 ...
Black turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
Identification Tips:
Length: 7 inches
Small, short-legged shorebird
Short, dark bill is fairly thick with a slight upturn to the lower mandible ...
Black Turnstone
Relatives in same Genus
Ruddy Turnstone (A. interpres) ...
The Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a widespread migratory shorebird. It gets its common name since it often turns over small stones as it forages along tide lines or beaches.
Turnstone, Calico-Back,Bead-Bird, Bishop Plover, Brant-Bird, Calico Bird, Calico Jacket, Checkered Snipe, Chicken, Chicken Plover, Chuckatuck, Horsefoot Snipe, Jinny, Kind-Crab Bird, Red-legged Plover, Red-Legs, Rock Bird, Rock Plover, Sand Runner, ...
The turnstone gets its name from its habit of turning over stones when it looks for food. It is also sometimes called the seaweed bird because it often feeds among the kelp at low tide.
Black Turnstone is one of the characteristic shorebirds of the Pacific Coast, often seen foraging for invertebrates in the rocky intertidal zone along with its fellow "rockpipers"--Ruddy Turnstone, Wandering Tattler, Surfbird, and Rock Sandpiper.
Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
Black Turnstone Behaviour
No observations regarding Black Turnstone behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Ruddy Turnstone
(Arenaria interpres)
Status: Vagrant.
Last recorded on site in 1994
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Turnstone, Ruddy Arenaria interpres North America, Europe, Asia, and visits many other coastlines
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6) Dick Daniels in North Carolina 4) Dick on Sanibel Island, Florida ...
Turnstone
Africa Bird Guide Information: In summer plumage the head and neck of the Turnstone bird attain a black-and-white pattern, the scapulars and wing-coverts a bright chestnut...
[more information] ...
Turnstone
Smaller than a redshank, turnstones have a mottled appearance with brown or chestnut and black upperparts and brown and white or black and white head pattern, whilst their underparts are white and leg... More...
Whimbrel ...
Turnstone Arenaria interpres NA- Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis ...
Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Great frigatebird (Fregata minor)
Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Common tern (Sterna hirundo)
New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)
Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) ...
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres. Common in winter and spring, fairly common in late summer, and rare in early summer in Gulf Coast region. In other regions, rare in spring and fall. Found along rocky shores, jetties, and on mudflats and beaches.
Ruddy Turnstone
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Black Vulture
Winter Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Ruddy Turnstone
The Scolopacidae are a large diverse family of small to medium sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers and phalaropes.
Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
Some day I'd love to see a race between a Ruddy Turnstone and a Sanderling, as both these species can really scoot along the shore. Not an endearing trait for the photographer, for sure.
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (Brigantine), NJ, 13 May
Red Knot Calidris canutus: marshes in Cape May, NJ, 14 May
Sanderling Calidris alba: Point Lookout, Nassau County, NY, 17 Jan ...
The similarity and close relationship of these birds is illustrated by the surf birds, which are also called plover-billed turnstones and are considered by some to be intermediate between plovers and turnstones and by others to be most closely ...
Uncommon in North Carolina, Purple Sandpipers are almost always found along rock jetties. This one (left) is with a Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), another bird commonly found on jetties.
Oregon Inlet, Dare Co., NC 11/4/05.
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia) ...
Anarchynchus frontalis. Wrybill (endemic)
Pluvialis fulva. Pacific golden plover
Pluvialis squatarola. Grey plover
Vanellus miles. Masked lapwing or spur-winged plover
Arenaria interpres. Turnstone ...
 See also: Sandpiper, Ruddy turnstone, Snipe, Curlew, Phalarope
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