Bird

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres · Scolopacidae · Charadriiformes

Best monthsMay · Aug–Sepmost records

Records2,085,077in 133 countries

Most seen inUnited States883,202 records

Red ListNear threatenedIUCN status

About

Ruddy Turnstone in brief

The ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a bird of the Scolopacidae family — species of bird.

Across the 133 countries we cover it has 2,085,077 published records, most of them from the United States, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. It is recorded through much of the year, most often in May, August and September.

Its global conservation status is near threatened on the IUCN Red List.

Records by month

All countries combined · the strongest months highlighted

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Where & when

When to look in each country

United States883,202 records · best May, Aug

Netherlands183,126 records · best Jan, Oct

United Kingdom159,242 records · best Oct, Jan

Sweden96,431 records · best May, Aug

Canada94,112 records · best Aug, May

Spain80,129 records · best Sep, Jan

Portugal67,461 records · best Oct, Sep

Australia67,137 records · best Oct, Nov

Denmark58,723 records · best Aug, Sep

France50,985 records · best Sep, Jan

Norway47,358 records · best Aug, May

Taiwan30,480 records · best Apr, May

Mexico27,915 records · best Jan, Dec

Belgium17,443 records · best Jan, Dec

Finland16,469 records · best May, Jun

Ecuador14,247 records · best Oct, Nov

Ireland14,165 records · best Sep, Oct

Iceland13,837 records · best May, Aug

Chile13,204 records · best Oct, Nov

Germany11,840 records · best Oct, Sep

Peru11,309 records · best Sep, Oct

New Zealand9,203 records · best Nov, Jan

Bahamas9,045 records · best Jan, Mar

Belize7,294 records · best Jan, Oct

Cuba7,144 records · best Feb, Mar

Japan6,312 records · best May, Aug

United Arab Emirates5,923 records · best Sep, Jan

Israel4,875 records · best Aug, Sep

Namibia4,223 records · best Nov, Sep

China3,955 records · best May, Apr

Venezuela3,555 records · best Nov, Mar

Estonia3,186 records · best Aug, May

Trinidad and Tobago2,906 records · best Jan, Dec

Morocco2,859 records · best Apr, Mar

Sri Lanka2,640 records · best Feb, Dec

Italy2,271 records · best Jan, Dec

Barbados2,193 records · best Sep, Oct

Russia2,192 records · best Jun, Jul

Dominican Republic2,114 records · best Jan, Feb

Oman2,012 records · best Nov, Feb

Poland1,955 records · best Aug, Sep

Jamaica1,877 records · best Feb, Mar

Cape Verde1,796 records · best Apr, Nov

Philippines1,768 records · best Jan, Feb

Greece1,677 records · best May, Sep

Gambia1,625 records · best Nov, Jan

Seychelles1,621 records · best Oct, Nov

Madagascar1,559 records · best Nov, Oct

Türkiye1,469 records · best May, Sep

South Korea1,390 records · best May, Sep

Uruguay1,370 records · best Mar, Apr

Saudi Arabia1,365 records · best Oct, Apr

Nicaragua1,268 records · best Oct, Sep

El Salvador1,261 records · best Feb, Sep

Senegal1,047 records · best Jan, Feb

Kuwait1,007 records · best Apr, Aug

Mozambique994 records · best Mar, Dec

Ukraine929 records · best Aug, May

Iran762 records · best Jan, Feb

Fiji733 records · best Nov, Sep

Suriname731 records · best Feb, Nov

Antigua and Barbuda729 records · best Jan, Mar

Grenada707 records · best Oct, Jan

Bulgaria682 records · best Sep, May

Czechia590 records · best Sep, Aug

Mongolia552 records · best Aug, May

Georgia544 records · best Sep, Aug

Singapore538 records · best Oct, Nov

Austria518 records · best Sep, Aug

Palau490 records · best Oct, Sep

Qatar481 records · best Oct, Nov

Marshall Islands456 records · best Oct, Sep

Switzerland456 records · best Sep, Aug

Saint Kitts and Nevis453 records · best Mar, Feb

Saint Lucia412 records · best Nov, Dec

Vanuatu341 records · best Oct, Nov

Micronesia339 records · best Apr, Mar

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines337 records · best Dec, Nov

Mauritania299 records · best Mar, Nov

Hungary295 records · best Sep, Aug

Mauritius290 records · best Aug, Nov

Egypt283 records · best Sep, Oct

Cyprus273 records · best Sep, Apr

Algeria258 records · best Sep, Nov

Romania252 records · best May, Aug

Djibouti242 records · best Sep, Aug

Bahrain231 records · best Apr, Oct

Kazakhstan219 records · best May, Aug

Bangladesh204 records · best Jan, Feb

Libya203 records · best Sep, May

Tunisia200 records · best Apr, Dec

Haiti196 records · best Dec, Feb

Samoa135 records · best Mar, Oct

Yemen124 records · best Mar, Feb

Kiribati122 records · best Nov, Jan

Guinea-Bissau121 records · best Jan, Mar

Croatia116 records · best Sep, Aug

Belarus104 records · best Sep, Aug

Lithuania103 records · best Aug, Sep

Latvia93 records · best Sep, Aug

Gabon86 records · best Sep, Mar

Azerbaijan84 records · best May, Sep

Lebanon84 records · best Sep, Jan

Maldives80 records · best Mar, Apr

Solomon Islands76 records · best Oct, Nov

Albania75 records · best May, Sep

Serbia69 records · best Sep, Aug

Guinea59 records · best Jan, Mar

Tonga57 records · best Nov, Oct

Somalia55 records · best Jan, Mar

Slovenia54 records · best Aug, May

East Timor53 records · best Oct, Sep

Slovakia49 records · best Sep, Aug

Dominica47 records · best Mar, Apr

Sierra Leone26 records · best Dec, Jan

Uzbekistan26 records · best May, Sep

Kyrgyzstan25 records · best May, Aug

Armenia23 records · best May, Aug

São Tomé and Príncipe19 records · best Jan, Sep

Eritrea18 records · best Jan, Oct

Sudan17 records · best Mar, Dec

Montenegro14 records · best May, Sep

Moldova11 records · best May, Aug

Tajikistan11 records · best May, Jan

Malta10 records · best Aug, May

Syria8 records · best Sep, Feb

North Korea7 records · best Apr, May

Comoros7 records · best Nov, Feb

Tuvalu7 records · best Oct, Nov

Luxembourg3 records · best Sep, Jan

North Macedonia3 records · best May, Aug

Nauru3 records · best Jan, Mar

Turkmenistan2 records · best Aug, Jan

Map

Where it has been recorded

Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.