Also known as the Rock Plover. Breeding colors . A very common shore bird on the Atlantic coast.
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English Ruddy Turnstone Scientific (Arenaria interpres) Order CHARADRIIFORMES Family (Latin) Scolopacidae Family (English) Sandpipers, Snipes Other name(s) Tournepierre à collier, Turnstone Breeding Regions NA, PAL Breeding Range high and low Arctic tundra of coastal Holarctic Nonbreeding Range temperate to tropical coasts worldwide Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,American Samoa,Angola,Anguilla,Antigua and Barbuda,Argentina,Armenia,Australia, IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range interpres Ellesmere I. (ne Canada), n Greenland, n Scandinavia, Baltic states, White Sea, s Novaya Zemlya and New Siberian Is. to ne Siberia and w Alaska morinella ne Alaska and n Canada
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by (Linnaeus, 1758) German Steinwälzer French Tournepierre à collier Chinese 翻石鹬 Japanese キョウジョシギ Russian Камнешарка Spanish Vuelvepiedras común Portuguese rola-do-mar-comum Bird Data App text
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Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated PE Probably extinct (informal) PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)
