Black Turnstone

Arenaria melanocephala

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Arenaria
eBird Code: blktur

Distribution

breeds coastal and inland waterbodies of western Alaska; winters rocky coastal southeastern Alaska to southern Baja California, Gulf of California, and Sonora (northwestern Mexico)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blktur) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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