Black Turnstone
Arenaria melanocephala(Vigors, NA, 1829)
English (US) Black Turnstone
The Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds coastal and inland waterbodies of western Alaska; winters rocky coastal southeastern Alaska to southern Baja California, Gulf of California, and Sonora (northwestern Mexico)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Arenaria melanocephala
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Turnstone
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1829)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Strepsilas melanocephalus
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1829)
- Type locality
- Northwest coast of North America.
- Original description
- The Zoological Journal 4, no.15 p.356
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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