Black Turnstone
Arenaria melanocephala
ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES
FAMILY: SCOLOPACIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
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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.