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

Tournepierre à collier
♂ adult plum. breeding
Tournepierre à collier
♀ adult plum. breeding

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

Tournepierre à collier
♂ adult plum. breeding

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

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Tournepierre à collier
published: - Updated: 05-12-2004
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