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Arenaria interpres
Ruddy Turnstone
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
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:		MN: SNRM
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 3 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Alagnak Wild River
American Memorial Park	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
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:	2/23/2004

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/26/2025 2:03:43 AM

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