Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusArenaria (Turnstones)
- SpeciesArenaria interpres (Ruddy Turnstone)
The ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a small cosmopolitan wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly sometimes placed in the plover family Charadriidae. It is a highly migratory bird, breeding in northern parts of Eurasia and North America, and flying south to winter on coastlines almost worldwide. It is the only species of turnstone in much of its range and is often known simply as turnstone. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Cairngorms National Park
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Ruddy Turnstone at Cairngorms National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there