Bird / Arenaria interpres
Ruddy Turnstone
Lowest risk
Migratory
The ruddy turnstone is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. The scientific name is from Latin. The genus name arenaria derives from arenarius, "inhabiting sand, from arena, "sand". The specific interpres means "messenger"; when visiting Gotland in 1741, Linnaeus thought that the Swedish word Tolk "interpreter" applied to this species, but in the local dialect the word means "legs" and is used for the redshank.
- Range mass
- 84 to 190 g
- Range length
- 21 to 26 cm
- Range wingspan
- 50 to 57 cm
- Breeding interval
- Ruddy turnstones breed once yearly.
- Breeding season
- Ruddy turnstones breed in May and June.
- Range eggs per season
- 2 to 5
- Average eggs per season
- 4
- Range time to hatching
- 21 to 24 days
- Range fledging age
- 19 to 21 days
- Range time to independence
- 19 to 21 days
- Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 4 (high) years
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 2 years
- Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 4 (high) years
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 2 years
- Range lifespan
Status: wild - 19.75 (high) years
Dewey, T. 2009. "Arenaria interpres" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Arenaria_interpres/
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