Definitionn. migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food
Last update: November 2, 2015
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TURNSTONE, the name long given 1 to a shore-bird, from its habit of turning over with its bill such stones as it can to seek its food in the small crustaceans or other animals lurking beneath them. [Please select]
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For an account of the habits of the Turnstone during the breeding season--it never breeds with us--we are indebted to Mr. [Please select]
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Flocks of Turnstone, Golden Plover, Godwits, Curlew, and other wading-birds were there, possibly only resting before continuing their journey to the South. [Please select]
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Their nesting habits are in no wise different from those of the common turnstone. [Please select]
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COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page 282 Surf-bird Aphriza virgata 111 283 Turnstone Arenaria interpres interpres 102 283_a_ Ruddy Turnstone " " morinella 102 284 Black Turnstone " melanocephala 107 Family HÃMATOPODIDÃ." [Please select]
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Gallienne, in his remarks on Professor Ansted's list, merely says, "The Turnstone is found about the neighbourhood of Herm throughout the year." [Please select]
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[46] From this habit, the Turnstone is in Norfolk called a 'Tangle-picker'. [Please select]
The only previous record of the Turnstone in Tamaulipas is an observation of an unspecified number at Tepehuaje on May 9, 1949 (Robins, Martin, and Heed, 1951). [Please select]
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