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What is a turnstone?

What is a turnstone? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Either of two species of coastal wading bird, Arenaria interpres and Arenaria melanocephala, that breed in the Arctic and readily turn stones or seaweed looking for hidden invertebrates.
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In Australia a one-gram data logger was used to track a turnstone as it undertook a 17,000-mile round-trip for the second successive year.
Although the turnstone and semipalmated plovers are reminiscent, they are quite distinct and not to be confused.
The turnstone changes its haunts but little during the breeding season.
The stout, short-legged turnstone is the most cosmopolitan of birds.
No turnstone nests were found in 1999, apparently because of very high predation pressure from Arctic foxes.
The Algarve hosts red knot, common greenshank and turnstone.

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