Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres - Tournepierre à collier

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Scolopacidés
Genus
:
Arenaria
Species
:
interpres

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 26 cm
Wingspan
: 50 à 57 cm.
Weight
: 80 à 110 g

Longevity

20 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Arenaria interpres interpres (ne Canada, Greenland, n Europe to ne Siberia and w Alaska)
Arenaria interpres morinella (ne Alaska, n Canada)

Foreign names

Tournepierre à collier,
Vuelvepiedras común,
rola-do-mar-comum,
Steinwälzer,
kőforgató,
Steenloper,
Voltapietre,
roskarl,
Steinvender,
kamenár strakatý,
kamenáček pestrý,
Stenvender,
karikukko,
Steenloper,
remena-rocs comú,
Tildra,
kamusznik (zwyczajny),
akmeņtārtiņš,
kamenjar,
Камнешарка,
Trinil pembalik-batu,
キョウジョシギ,
翻石鹬,
นกพลิกหิน,
翻石鷸,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Grassland : Tundra ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Tundra Wetlands (incl.

pools and temporary waters from snowmelt) ; Marine Neritic : Coral Reef, Outer Reef Channel, Back Slope, Foreslope (Outer Reef Slope), Lagoon, Inter-Reef Soft Substrate, Inter-Reef Rubble Substrate, Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses), Tidepools