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Where does the Ruff live?

Calidris pugnax has 1,552,735 records in 196 countries and territories, from 1647 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Ruff
Ruff — Arjan Haverkamp / CC BY 2.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesScolopacidaeCalidris

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 408,650
Netherlands 278,577
Denmark 127,078
United Kingdom 88,346
Norway 85,016
Spain 57,373
France 47,953
Finland 43,506
India 42,700
Belgium 41,080
South Africa 40,561
Israel 31,650
Germany 24,788
United States 23,357
Russia 17,279
Poland 15,928
Portugal 14,841
United Arab Emirates 11,975
Türkiye 10,068
Austria 9,886
Greece 8,115
Czechia 7,507
Ukraine 7,153
Kenya 6,209
Italy 5,771
Hungary 5,555
Taiwan 5,292
Namibia 4,988
Tanzania 4,357
Canada 4,215
Romania 3,587
Bulgaria 3,435
Cyprus 3,435
Australia 3,094
Botswana 3,074
Zimbabwe 2,995
Switzerland 2,982
Oman 2,605
Thailand 2,562
Ireland 2,435

Showing the top 40 of 196 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.