Black Turnstone

Black Turnstone

Arenaria melanocephala

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Great Bear Rainforest

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
10–20
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
0–10
Jul
10–20
Aug
10–20
Sep
10–20
Oct
10–20
Nov
10–20
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Probability
1 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
10–20%
2 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
10–20%
3 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
0–10%
4 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
0–10%
5 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
6 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
7 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
8 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
9 Kenai Fjords National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
10 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Black Turnstone in Great Bear Rainforest?

About 11% of visitor-days record a Black Turnstone sighting in Great Bear Rainforest, based on 969 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Black Turnstone in Great Bear Rainforest?

August has the highest sighting rate for Black Turnstone in Great Bear Rainforest in our monthly data.

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