Ruff Calidris pugnax Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (64)
- Monotypic
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 22, 2017
Text last updated March 22, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kemphaan |
| Albanian | Luftëtari |
| Arabic | دريجة شرسة |
| Armenian | Կռվակտցար |
| Asturian | Combatiente |
| Azerbaijani | Döyüşkən cüllüt |
| Basque | Borrokalaria |
| Bulgarian | Бойник |
| Catalan | batallaire |
| Chinese | 流蘇鷸 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 流蘇鷸 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 流苏鹬 |
| Croatian | pršljivac |
| Czech | jespák bojovný |
| Danish | Brushane |
| Dutch | Kemphaan |
| English | Ruff |
| English (United States) | Ruff |
| Faroese | Kápugrælingur |
| Finnish | suokukko |
| French | Combattant varié |
| French (France) | Combattant varié |
| Galician | Pilro combatente |
| German | Kampfläufer |
| Greek | Μαχητής |
| Gujarati | ટીલિયો |
| Hebrew | לוחם |
| Hungarian | Pajzsoscankó |
| Icelandic | Rúkragi |
| Indonesian | Trinil rumbai |
| Italian | Combattente |
| Japanese | エリマキシギ |
| Korean | 목도리도요 |
| Latvian | Gugatnis |
| Lithuanian | Gaidukas |
| Malayalam | ബഹുവർണ്ണൻ മണലൂതി |
| Marathi | शेरटा |
| Mongolian | Ноцоо элсэг |
| Norwegian | brushane |
| Persian | تلیله شکیل |
| Polish | batalion |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Combatente |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | combatente |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Combatente |
| Romanian | Bătăuș |
| Russian | Турухтан |
| Serbian | Sprudnik ubojica |
| Slovak | bojovník bahenný |
| Slovenian | Togotnik |
| Spanish | Combatiente |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Combatiente |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Combatiente |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Combatiente |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Playero Combatiente |
| Spanish (Panama) | Combatiente |
| Spanish (Peru) | Playero Combatiente |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Combatiente |
| Spanish (Spain) | Combatiente |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Rufo |
| Swedish | brushane |
| Thai | นกรัฟ |
| Turkish | Döğüşkenkuş |
| Ukrainian | Брижач |
| Zulu | unogqabakazi |
Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Tringa Pugnax
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.148.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe, restricted type locality, Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CALIDRIS
- calidris
- pugnax
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Ruff
