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| Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres interpres
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| Photographer : | © Prashant Gokarankar |
| Location : | Sewri Mudflat ecosystem, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Date : |
1 March 2013 |
| English synonyms: | Turnstone, Calico-Back, Bead-Bird, Bishop Plover, Brant-Bird, Calico Bird, Calico Jacket, Checkered Snipe, Chicken, Chicken Plover, Chuckatuck, Horsefoot Snipe, Jinny, Kind-Crab Bird, Red-legged Plover, Red-Legs, Rock Bird, Rock Plover, Sand Runner, Sea Dotterel, Sea Quail, Sparked-Back, Stone-Pecker, Streaked-Back |
| Bird Family : | Tringinae - Godwits, Curlews, Shanks, Sandpipers, Tattlers, Turnstones, Dowitchers, Knots, Stints, Dunlin, Ruff & Phalaropes |
| Bird Group : | CICONIIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | I have observed the behaviour of Ruddy Turnstones.
They were flying and in a flock with
Little Stints, Curlew Sandpipers and Lesser Sand Plovers. - PG |
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