Species profile
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Quick answer
LITERATURE. — Green & Sayer (1979); Holyoak & Seddon (1989); Thonnérieux et al. (1989); Dowsett (1993); Weesie (1996); Balanca & de Visscher (1997); Borrow & Demey (2001, 2014); Portier (2002 c); Balanca et al. (2007); Pavia et al. (2012); Dowsett et al. (2013); van den Bergh (2016). FIELD DATA. — GBIF; WABD.
- Scientific name
- Calidris pugnax
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Calidris
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Ruff in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.