Scientific Name
Arenaria interpres
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park
Acadia National Park (ACAD)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Ruddy Turnstone
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom | Animalia |
Subkingdom | Bilateria |
Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Subphylum | Vertebrata |
Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
Superclass | Tetrapoda |
Class | Aves |
Order | Charadriiformes |
Family | Scolopacidae |
Genus | Arenaria |
Species | Arenaria interpres |
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Present May-June and July-November (Witt 1997).
Nativeness
Native
Nativeness Notes
Native to North America (Long 1981) and Maine (Palmer 1949).
Abundance
Common
Abundance Notes
Very common fall migrant, uncommon spring migrant, accidental in winter (Witt 1997)
Seasonality Tags
-
Migratory
Sibley (2000) migratory along the coast of Maine.
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
1
References
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
G. Mittelhauser
Created Date
7/15/2002 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
G. Mittelhauser
Last Modified Date
7/15/2002 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Detail: Russell (1984?) Uncommon spring migrant, common to very common fall migrant, accidental in winter. One winter record of a bird with purple sandpipers along Ocean Drive on 2 January 1960 (P. Favour, D. McPheters).
Bond (1969) transient on MDI.
Bond (19??) fairly common transient on MDI.
Sullivan (1937): transient, common from July to September, rarer in spring (Pellew).
Allen (1899): uncommon migrant on MDI between 1880 and 1899., Park Species Data Source: Witt (1997); Russell (1984?)
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