Adult ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) in breeding plumage

Description Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758)
Deutsch: Steinwälzer im Brutkleid auf der Insel Sanibel in Florida
English: Ruddy Turnstone in breeding plumage at Sanibel Island in Florida, U.S.A.
Date 12 May 2011
Photographer Hans Hillewaert
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arenaria_interpres_(habitus).jpg

The ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. The scientific name is from Latin. The genus name arenaria derives from arenarius, "inhabiting sand, from arena, "sand". The specific interpres means "messenger". It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly sometimes placed in the plover family Charadriidae. It is a highly migratory bird, breeding in northern parts of Eurasia and North America and flying south to winter on coastlines almost worldwide. It is the only species of turnstone in much of its range and is often known simply as turnstone. Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Scolopacidae, Genus: Arenaria, Species: Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758).