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Ruff

Calidris pugnax

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Field Notes

Habitat:

Water`s edge. Wader

Reference Links:

Ruff (bird) - Wikipedia

Species ID Suggestions

Ruff - non breeding

Philomachus pugnax

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JoshuaGSmith
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Comments (1)
Zlatan Celebic
Hi Linkie, this was a lovely spotting; and I took a bit of liberty and added the ID of the bird, and I included it in two African wildlife missions. Hope you will not mind my intervention.

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PublishedJune 16, 2013

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