Ruff
Calidris pugnax
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris pugnax (Ruff)
Closest Relatives at Pyrénées National Park
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
📅 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 Pyrénées National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Ruff sighting in Pyrénées National Park, based on 32 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Ruff in Pyrénées National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Ruff in Pyrénées National Park in our monthly data.