Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) - HBW 3, p. 530
French: Combattant varié
German: Kampfläufer
Spanish: Combatiente
Other common names: Reeve (female)
Taxonomy: Tringa Pugnax Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Has been proposed for inclusion in Calidris. Monotypic.
Distribution: NW Europe through Siberia to Chukotskiy Peninsula and Sea of Okhotsk. Winters from Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa through Middle East to Indian Subcontinent.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Several views of 2 juveniles foraging in shallow water among salt marsh pickle-weed. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 11 September 2011 36 weeks ago 57 sec 4.5 -
A bird foraging at close range. Locality Lauwersmeer, Netherlands
Yoel Jimenez 26 March 2011 1 year ago 49 sec 4.5 -
Some birds foraging. Locality Axios Delta, Central Macedonia Region, Greece
Theo Mamais 2 August 2009 1 year ago 35 sec 4.3 -
An adult female feeding in a lagoon. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 July 2001 4 years ago 20 sec 4.2 -
Males in breeding plumage resting, feeding and preening Locality Inner Marsh Farm RSPB Reserve, Cheshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 2 May 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 1 min 23 sec 4.2 -
An adult female walking on the water and feeding Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 July 2001 4 years ago 21 sec 4.1
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in flight
Locality Salt Ponds Km 20, Eilat, Israel
Lior Kislev 19 March 2012 8 weeks ago 4.4 -
passage migrant in Croatia
Locality Zagreb County, Croatia (Monotypic species)
spiljar 4 April 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.4 -
at a salt pond
Locality Eilat, Israel
Lior Kislev 3 May 2009 1 year ago 4.4 -
Philomachus pugnax
Locality Salinas de San Pedro, Murcia, Spain
Conrado Requena Aznar 9 November 2008 2 years ago 4.3 -
With an itch
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 14 March 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
The bird made a stop during a flight to the south.
Locality Beglitskaya Spit, Neklinovsky District, Rostov Oblast, Western Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Anatoliy Kuzmin 7 September 2011 37 weeks ago 4.3
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