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Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES
– Family
SCOLOPACIDAE
Authors: Nettleship, David N.

Data Tables and Appendices

Table 1.
Annual breeding performance of Ruddy Turnstones in high- and low-arctic North America and southern part of breeding range in Europe. Notes: hatching success = fraction of eggs laid that hatched; fledging success = fraction of chicks produced that survive to fledge (figures in parentheses are estimates only); and breeding success = fraction of eggs that produced fledged young.
Table 2.
Linear measurements (mm) and body mass (g) of adult Ruddy Turnstones from North American breeding grounds. Data shown as mean ± SD (n) taken from summary tables in Engelmoer and Roselaar 1998. Birds from Greenland and high-arctic ne. Canada considered race interpres; those from low-arctic Canada and Alaska considered race morinella.