Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderCharadriiformes (Shorebirds and Allies)
FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
GenusArenaria (Turnstones)
SpeciesArenaria interpres (Ruddy Turnstone)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Flinders Chase

4 Verified sightings at Flinders Chase From 2019 to 2026

18,587 Verified sightings across all 93 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the 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.

The ruddy turnstone was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Tringa interpres. The species is now placed together with the black turnstone in the genus Arenaria that was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the ruddy turnstone as the type species. The genus name arenaria is from Latin arenarius, "inhabiting sand", from arena, "sand". The specific interpres means "messenger"; when visiting Gotland in 1741, Linnaeus thought that the Swedish word Tolk, meaning "interpreter" applied to this species, but in the local dialect the word means "legs"... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Flinders Chase

Calidris ferruginea

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Gallinago hardwickii

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

LC Endemic

Larus pacificus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Endemic

Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Vanellus miles

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

LC Endemic

Haematopus fuliginosus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Thalasseus bergii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

LC Endemic

Vanellus tricolor

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

LC Endemic

Turnix varius

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

NT Endemic

Thinornis cucullatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Larus dominicanus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Hydroprogne caspia

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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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

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Paracas National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	~70%
2	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~50%
3	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~40%
4	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	~30%
5	Isla del Coco National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
6	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
7	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	~20%
8	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
9	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
10	Cape Range	🇦🇺 Australia	~10%
11	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
12	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
13	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	~10%
14	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
15	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
16	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
17	Ningaloo Marine Park	🇦🇺 Australia	~10%
18	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
19	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	~10%
20	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
21	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	~10%
22	Jaragua National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	~10%
23	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
24	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	~10%
25	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
26	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
27	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	~10%
28	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
29	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	~10%
30	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
31	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	<5%
32	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
33	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
34	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
35	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
36	Camargue	🇫🇷 France	<5%
37	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
38	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
39	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
40	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
41	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	<5%
42	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	<5%
43	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	<5%
44	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
45	Bali Barat National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	<5%
46	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
47	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
48	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
49	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
50	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
51	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
52	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	<5%
53	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
54	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	<5%
55	Raja Ampat	🇮🇩 Indonesia	<5%
56	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
57	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
58	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
59	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
60	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
61	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
62	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
63	Gates of the Arctic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
64	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
65	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Insufficient data
66	Thingvellir National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	Insufficient data
67	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
68	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
69	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
70	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
71	Flinders Chase	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
72	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
73	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
74	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	Insufficient data
75	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
76	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	Insufficient data
77	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
78	Los Haitises National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	Insufficient data
79	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	Insufficient data
80	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	Insufficient data
81	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
82	Nahuel Huapi National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	Insufficient data
83	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	Insufficient data
84	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	Insufficient data
85	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
86	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	Insufficient data
87	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
88	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
89	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
90	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
91	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Insufficient data
92	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
93	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data

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Ruddy Turnstone

About the Ruddy Turnstone

Closest Relatives at Flinders Chase

Curlew Sandpiper

Latham's Snipe

Pacific Gull

Silver Gull

Masked Lapwing

Sooty Oystercatcher

Crested Tern

Banded Lapwing

Painted Buttonquail

Hooded Plover

Dominican Gull

Caspian Tern

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found