Ruff
Calidris pugnax
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris pugnax (Ruff)
Closest Relatives at Murchison Falls National Park
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennis
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
📅 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 Murchison Falls National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Ruff sighting in Murchison Falls National Park, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Ruff in Murchison Falls National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Ruff in Murchison Falls National Park in our monthly data.