Ruff
Calidris pugnax
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris pugnax (Ruff)
Closest Relatives at Hortobágy National Park
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus
Tryngites subruficollis
Calidris subruficollis
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Ruff in Hortobágy National Park?
About 38% of visitor-days record a Ruff sighting in Hortobágy National Park, based on 191 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Ruff in Hortobágy National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Ruff in Hortobágy National Park in our monthly data.