Error message
Unable to fetch location details at this time.
Turnstone (juvenile)
Arenaria interpres
37.0544, -7.7472
Field Notes
Description:
Juvenile similar to adult winter, but with neat ginger-brown or whitish fringes giving distinct scaly pattern above. Distinctive pale-centred breast-side patches, rather dark grey-brown above, often with some dull orange on scapulars. Wing-coverts and terials plain grey-brown. Legs bright orange. Food highly varied, uses bill to turn over stones or seaweed to obtain prey underneath.
Habitat:
Breeds mainly on stony or rocky coasts and in treeless archipelagos. Wary, keeping watch from top of shore or boulder. Winters in a veriety of coastal habitats. Nests on ground.
Comments (0)
Be the first to comment
Sign in to comment