Ruff
Calidris pugnax
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris pugnax (Ruff)
Closest Relatives at Table Mountain National Park
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Ruff at Table Mountain National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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