Ruff
Calidris pugnax(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Ruff
The Ruff (Calidris pugnax) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds tundra and steppe of northwestern Europe from Scandinavia southward to northern Ukraine and eastward to far eastern Siberia; winters from central Europe southward through Africa, eastward through southern Asia to central Japan southward to PhilippinesRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calidris pugnax
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Ruff
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tringa Pugnax
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Europe, restricted type locality, Sweden.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.148
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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