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- Ruddy Turnstone
bird · Charadriiformes · Scolopacidae
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758) — also called Turnstone, Pond bird. Occurrence records of the Ruddy Turnstone are shared on GBIF from around 13 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area (452 records), in 3 provinces.
IUCN: Near threatenedScolopacidae
13reserves with records
1 404records around them
3provinces
NTIUCN category
Where it is recorded
| Reserve | Province | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 452 |
| West Coast National ParkNational park | WC Western Cape | 370 |
| Cape Recife Nature ReserveNature reserve | EC Eastern Cape | 261 |
| Marcus Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 90 |
| Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site | WC Western Cape | 80 |
| Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 30 |
| Cape Columbine Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 28 |
| Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 22 |
| SAS Saldanha Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 21 |
| Malgas Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 20 |
| Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 13 |
| Namaqua National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | NC Northern Cape | 10 |
| Fort D' Acre ReserveNature reserve | EC Eastern Cape | 7 |
By province
- Western Cape
- 10 reserves
- Eastern Cape
- 2 reserves
- Northern Cape
- 1 reserve
Taxonomy
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Scientific name
- Arenaria interpres
- GBIF taxon
- 2481776
- Wikidata
- Q26892
Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.