Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Black turnstone

Arenaria melanocephala

Description:

The black turnstone is about 22-25cm. and weighs about 100-170g. It has a thick black bill and black spotting on the breast. It has white underneath and semi orange-black legs.

Habitat:

Shoreline from Alaska to the Oregon coast.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

No Comments

Lukas Ferrenburg
Spotted by
Lukas Ferrenburg

Florence, Oregon, USA

Spotted on Sep 15, 2012
Submitted on Sep 15, 2012

Related Spottings

Ruddy turnstone Ruddy Turnstone Ruddy Turnstone Ruddy Turnstone

Nearby Spottings

shelf fungus yellow foot or winter chanterelle Northern red legged frog Purple sea urchin

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team