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Alaska Gap Analysis Project: Distribution Models for Terrestrial Vertebrate Species of Alaska
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Ruddy Turnstone Breeding Distribution

Habitat

Nests in dry, dwarf-shrub tundra, usually near water, such as ponds, streams, or tidal flats and beaches (AOU 1983); various habitats ranging from wet mud or barren peat to dense vegetation, though appears to favor barren habitats. In the Yukon, favors dry tundra and forages on gravel beaches (Alexander et al. 2003).

References

Alexander, S. A., F. I. Doyle, C. D. Ecker, H. Grünberg, N. L. Hughes, M. Jensen, I. Johnson, D. H. Mossop, W. A. Nixon, and P. H. Sinclair. 2003. Birds of the Yukon Territory (P. H. Sinclair, W. A. Nixon, C. D. Eckert, and N. L. Hughes, eds.). UBC Press, Vancouver, B.C.

AOU. 1983. Check-list of North American birds. 6th ed.American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington D. C.

Project Reports

Final Report Species Atlas

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