Ruff / Calidris pugnax
Ruff bird information | Values |
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Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
Synonyms | Reeve, Ruffo reeve |
Old latin name for bird | Pavoncella pugnax, Tringa pugnax, Philomachus pugnax, Machetes pugnax |
Order | Shorebirds / Charadriiformes |
Family | Sandpipers, Snipes / Scolopacidae |
Genus | Calidris |
Breeding region | Eurasia |
Breeding subregion | low Arctic to temperate tundra and steppe of Palearctic; nw Europe from Belgium and Scandinavia s through n Ukraine, nw Kazakhstan, n Mongolia to far e Siberia |
Non breeding region | AF, sw PAL, India : inland and coastal c, s Europe, Africa, Middle East, Indian subcontinent, se Asia, Philippines, ec China, Taiwan and c to s Japan; rarer Indonesian Arch. |
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Western Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper
Where to see Ruff
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Réunion
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- United States of America
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Åland Islands
Ruff subspecies (0)
Translation
Language | Translation |
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Abkhazian | аЦаблырбаӷь, аЦаблы рбаӷь, аЦаблыхә |
Afrikaans | Kemphaan |
Albanian | Luftëtari |
Arabic | دريجة شرسة, النفاش المشاكس رهيز, النفاش المشاكس |
Armenian | Կռվակտցար, [Krvakttsar ] |
Azerbaijani | truxtan, döyüşkən, düyməli döyüşgən, Döyüşkən cüllüt |
Bashkir | ҡорохтан, күркәбаш , яр көйөлдөһө, һуғышсы сәпсәү , һуғышсан сәпсәү, һыу күркәһе , ҡыр күркәһе |
Basque | Borrokalaria, Borrokalari, Batallaire |
Belarusian | Турухтан, Баталён |
Bengali | যপ , গেওয়ালা বাটান, হগওয়ারা ফাটান |
Breton | Frezenneg riotus, Ar frezenneg riotus |
Bulgarian | Бойник |
Catalan | Escuraflascons bec-fi, batallaire |
Chinese | [liu-su yu], 流苏鹬, 流蘇鷸 |
Chinese (Traditional) | 流蘇鷸 |
Chuvash | тăрăхтан |
Cornish | Gudhygen |
Croatian | Pršljivac ogrličar, pršljivac |
Czech | jespák bojovný |
Danish | Brushane |
Dutch | Kemphaan |
Esperanto | duelbirdo |
Estonian | tutkas |
Faroese | Kápugrælingur |
Finnish | suokukko |
French | Combattant variable, Combattant, Bécasseau combattant, Chevalier combattant, combatant varié, Combattant varié |
Frisian | Hoants |
Galician | Combatente, Batallaire, Pilro combatente |
Georgian | მაჩხუბარა კოკორინა, ტურუხტანი |
German | Kampfläufer, Kampflaufer, Kampflaeufer |
Greek | Μαχητής |
Hebrew | לוחם |
Hungarian | pajzsoscankó |
Icelandic | Rúkragi |
Indonesian | Trinil rumbai, Burung Trinil Rumbai |
Irish | Rufachán, garbhóg |
Italian | Combattante, Combattente |
Japanese | エリマキシギ |
Kazakh | Күжіркей, күржікей, күршікей |
Korean | 목도리도요 |
Latvian | gugatnis |
Lithuanian | Papūtėlis, gaidukas, Gudgaidis |
Luxembourgish | Kampfleefer, Wandmécher |
Macedonian | Бојник, Огрличар, бојник |
Malay | Kedidi Ropol, Burung Kedidi Ropol |
Malayalam | ബഹുവർണ്ണൻ മണലൂതി |
Maltese | Girwiel |
Manx | Ushag y roo |
Marathi | शेरटा |
Mongolian | Ноцоо ноололдой, Ноололдой, Нооголдой, Ноцоо элсэг |
Nepali | राजसुड्सुडिया |
Northern Sami | Rávggoš, Rávgoš |
Norwegian | Brushane, brushane |
Norwegian Nynorsk | Brushane |
Persian | تلیله شکیل, آبچلیک شکیل, تلیلۀ شکیل |
Polish | batalion |
Portuguese | combatente |
Romanian | Bătăuș, Bătăuş |
Romansh | Rivarel lutgader |
Russian | Turukhtan, Турухтан |
Serbian | Прудник убојица, Прудник огличар, Прудник убоjица, Sprudnik ubojica, prudnik ubojica |
Slovak | Pobrežník bojovný, Bojovnâk bahenný, bojovník bahenný, pobrežník bojovný (bojovník bahenný) |
Slovenian | togotnik |
Spanish | Combatiente, Playero Combatiente, Playereo Combatiente |
Swahili | Chokowe Mjasiri |
Swedish | brushane |
Tamil | Pedhai Ullan |
Tatar | корыхтан, корыхтаны, корыхтанлар |
Thai | นกรัฟ |
Turkish | Күжіркей, Döğüşkenkuş, Döşüşkenkuş, Dövüşkenkuş, Döğüşgen Kuş |
Turkmen | ýakaly çuluk |
Ukrainian | брижач, Брижач , Турухтан |
Uzbek | турухтан |
Vietnamese | Rẽ lớn, Dẽ lớn, Chim Rẽ lớn |
Welsh | Pibydd torchog, Colomen grech |