Arenaria melanocephala ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: SCOLOPACIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
© Gerrit Vyn
The Black Turnstone is one of the defining species for the rocky, wave-battered Pacific Coast. It blends in well with the dark rocks, but a careful winter observer will find it from Alaska through Baja California. It is rarely found far from the vicinity of spraying waves.
Constant rattles and dry chatters in winter feeding flock. On breeding ground, calls a persistent "weet, weet, too-weet" at intruders.