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title: "Ruddy Turnstone"
description: "Arenaria interpres — Uccelli. The ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a small cosmopolitan wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/ruddy-turnstone
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ruddy Turnstone

> Arenaria interpres — Uccelli. The ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a small cosmopolitan wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria.

- Scientific name: *Arenaria interpres*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 73236
- Wikidata: [Q26892](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26892)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3938](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3938)

## Names

- en: Ruddy Turnstone
- de: Steinwälzer
- es: Vuelvepiedras Rojizo
- fr: Tournepierre à collier
- nl: Steenloper
- pt: Rola-do-mar
- pl: Kamusznik zwyczajny

## Countries with the most observations

US (27848), GB (5191), ES (4244), PT (4068), MX (3455), FR (3283), CA (2273), AU (1603), NL (1232), EC (1164), DE (923), RU (883)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruddy_turnstone

## Photo

![Ruddy Turnstone](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ruddy-turnstone/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andra Waagmeester · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31196970

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ruddy-turnstone?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).