Ruff
Calidris pugnax
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris pugnax (Ruff)
Closest Relatives at Tsavo East National Park
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
📅 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 Tsavo East National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Ruff sighting in Tsavo East National Park, based on 44 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Ruff in Tsavo East National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Ruff in Tsavo East National Park in our monthly data.