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Arenaria interpres
Ruddy Turnstone
Acadia National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Ruddy Turnstone
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Charadriiformes, Family Scolopacidae, Genus Arenaria, Species Arenaria interpres


Seasonality Tags:
Migratory


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		ME: S4N
Evidence:		1 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 11 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Assateague Island National Seashore	Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Big Thicket National Preserve	Biscayne National Park
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Buck Island Reef National Monument
Cabrillo National Monument	Canaveral National Seashore
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Krusenstern National Monument	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Channel Islands National Park	Colonial National Historical Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Death Valley National Park
Denali National Park and Preserve	Dry Tortugas National Park
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Matanzas National Monument	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Sumter National Historical Park	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Grand Portage National Monument
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Haleakala National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Kalaupapa National Historical Park	Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
Katmai National Park and Preserve	Kenai Fjords National Park
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	National Park of American Samoa
Noatak National Preserve	Olympic National Park
Padre Island National Seashore	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Pipestone National Monument	Point Reyes National Seashore
Presidio of San Francisco	Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park
Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site	Redwood National Park
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Sitka National Historical Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Virgin Islands National Park
Voyageurs National Park	War in the Pacific National Historical Park
Yellowstone National Park	Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve


Last Modified Date:	7/15/2002

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/26/2025 5:56:14 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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