>> GENERAL >>>>>
– medium-sized wader, slightly larger than Dunlin
– nocturnal migrant, diurnal migration takes place
– migrates singly or in very small, loose flocks
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria i. interpres, AD BREED
BIF1393, 24/07/2016, Heligoland, Germany, Roland Neumann
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria i. interpres, AD BREED
BIF1394, 24/07/2016, Heligoland, Germany, Roland Neumann
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria i. interpres, 1CY, AD
BIF0800, 23/08/2012, Cuxhaven, Germany, Mathias Putze
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria i. interpres, 1CY, AD
BIF0801, 23/08/2012, Cuxhaven, Germany, Mathias Putze
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria i. interpres, 1CY, AD
BIF0802, 23/08/2012, Cuxhaven, Germany, Mathias Putze
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria i. interpres, 2CY
BIF0803, 24/02/2014, Vlieland, Netherlands, Mathias Putze
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria i. interpres, AD
BIF0805, 23/08/2012, Cuxhaven, Germany, Mathias Putze
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria i. interpres, AD
BIF0806, 23/08/2012, Cuxhaven, Germany, Mathias Putze
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria i. interpres, AD
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
BIF0807, 06/11/2014, Cuxhaven, Germany, Mathias Putze
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria i. interpres, AD
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
BIF0804, 22/02/2014, Kennemerduinen, Netherlands, Mathias Putze
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria i. interpres, NBREED
Red Knot Calidris c. canutus, 1CY
BIF1104, 11/09/2008, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres, NBREED
Sanderling Calidris alba 1CY
Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp. 1CY
BIF2054 18/10/2017, Heligoland, Germany, Roland Neumann
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria i. interpres, excitement calls, flight calls
Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., calls in flight
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
BIF0808, 13/08/2009, Goulven, France, Michèle Peron
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria i. interpres, AD, excitement calls
Common Eider Somateria molissima borealis, AD M, advertising display
BIF0827, 17/06/2015, Snaefellsnes, Iceland, Patrick Franke
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria i. interpres, AD, excitement calls, flight calls
Common Redshank Tringa totanus, AD
BIF0828, 17/06/2015, Snaefellsnes, Iceland, Patrick Franke
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria i. interpres, AD, excitement calls, flight calls
Common Eider Somateria molissima borealis, AD M, advertising display
Arctic Tern Sterna p. paradisea, calls
BIF0829, 17/06/2015, Snaefellsnes. Iceland, Patrick Franke
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria i. interpres, AD, excitement calls
BIF0830, 17/06/2015, Snaefellsnes, Iceland, Patrick Franke
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
– unmistakable
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