Ruff
Calidris pugnax
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris pugnax (Ruff)
Closest Relatives at Tatra National Park
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Caspian Gull
Larus cachinnans
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
Eurasian Dotterel
Charadrius morinellus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Ruff at Tatra 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