Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusArenaria (Turnstones)
- SpeciesArenaria interpres (Ruddy Turnstone)
Closest Relatives at Table Mountain National Park
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennis
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Ruddy Turnstone in Table Mountain National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Ruddy Turnstone sighting in Table Mountain National Park, based on 70 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Ruddy Turnstone in Table Mountain National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Ruddy Turnstone in Table Mountain National Park in our monthly data.