bird · Charadriiformes · Scolopacidae

Ruff

Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758) — also called Reeve. Occurrence records of the Ruff are shared on GBIF from around 13 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Marievale Bird Sanctuary (1 292 records), in 5 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernScolopacidae

13reserves with records

1 693records around them

5provinces

LCIUCN category

Ruff (Calidris pugnax) — Photo: Tokumi · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	1 292
Cape Recife Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	91
Bronkhorstspruit Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	80
Bronkies Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	77
Fort D' Acre ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	48
Kowie Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	36
Kabeljous Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	33
Bronkies Angling and Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	10
Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	8
Noorsekloof Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	8
Waters Meeting Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	4
Loskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	3
Boskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	3

By province

Eastern Cape: 6 reserves
Gauteng: 4 reserves
Mpumalanga: 1 reserve
Western Cape: 1 reserve
North West: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Scientific name: Calidris pugnax
GBIF taxon: 8250742
Wikidata: Q28122714

More of the Scolopacidae family

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Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.