Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Arenaria interpres
Turnstone
Size: 21-24 cm
Habitat
They move in low surf on lonely beaches and marshes. They turn
the pebbles up-side-down, algae and other objects they find on
the seashore and amongst rocks, looking for sea-invertebrates
to eat.
The younger individuals display mottled, dun colours with
white dots on their white throats and chest, similar to those
of adults. These colours change completely in summer when they
get a black eye-mask with a white spot in, and the plumage
becomes reddish.
They are scarce in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula and
they can only be seen in the migratory corridors, on the
beaches and the marshes.
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