Ruff
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RUFF, a bird so called from the very beautiful and remarkable frill of elongated feathers that, just before the breedingseason, grow thickly round the neck of the male, who is considerably larger than the female, ...
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Identification Tips:
Length: 10 inches
Medium-sized shorebird
Slightly decurved short bill
White patches on sides of dark rump
Rare but regular stray to North America ...
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) is a widespread winter visitor and passage migrant in India. Size: 22-25 cm
Anseriformes
Apodiformes ...
Ruff Behaviour
No observations regarding Ruff behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Ruffs ...
Ruff
Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus)
Status Rare vagrant. One was collected at Cole Harbour, Halifax County. on 27 May 1892 (Piers 1894, 1915), and another at New Minas, Kings County, on 1 October 1928 (Smith 1938).
RUFF-NECKED HUMMING-BIRD.
[Rufous Hummingbird.]
SELASPHORUS RUFUS, Gmel.
[Selasphorus rufus.] ...
The ruff is a medium-sized wading bird. It has a long neck, a small head, a rather short slightly droopy bill and medium-long orange or reddish leg. In flight it shows a faint wing-stripe and oval white patches either side of the tail.
Tringinae - Godwits, curlews, shanks, sandpipers, tattlers, turnstones, dowitchers, knots,stints, dunlin, ruff, & phalaropes
Bird Group :
CICONIIFORMES ...
Ruff
The Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) is a medium-sized wader. It is usually considered the only member of its genus Philomachus, ...
Ruff Philomachus pugnax Found: North America (rare), Europe, Africa
Photographed by: 1) Len Blumin in Marin County, California 2) Nico Smit 3, 4) Dick Daniels at) Sylvan Heights 5) Dick in Tanzania
Genus Tryngites - 1 species ...
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) ...
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) ...
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
The Ruff is a rather distinctive shorebird that breeds in North Eurasia and winters to the south, mostly in Africa.
Ruff Philomachus pugnax. Accidental.
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus. Common in winter, spring, late summer, and fall, and occasional in early summer in Gulf Coast region.
Ruff, S., D. Wilson. 1999. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. Washington [D.C.]: Smithsonian Institution Press in association with the American Society of Mammalogists.
Ruff
Summer Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Sanderling
Summer Sighting Information: abundant
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Superficially similar to the striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis, but differs in having longer, softer fur and a distinct ruff of longer hair on the upper neck.
Its most prominent feature, from which it gets its name, is the ruff or frill around the neck. The frill is a thin, extensive fold of skin which may measure 30 cm across.
Members of most gibbon species have black faces surrounded by a white ruff; their fur ranges in color from black to buff. Some species, e.g., white-handed gibbon, have sexual dimorphism in coloration.
Australian herring, Australian ruff or tommy ruff, Arripis georgianus: Gippsland Lakes, Victoria to Shark Bay, Western Australia; endemic ...
Its ears usually have small tufts at the tips, and its fur is longer on the sides of its head than on the rest of its body, forming a ruff. They have a short tail, long legs, and large feet.
Adult has blackish plumage, white neck-ruff, rump and underwing-coverts, silvery panel on upper surface of secondaries, dark head and neck, and rather short, heavy, mostly silver bill.
Like owls, has curved, sound-reflecting facial ruff which, with characteristic low (<7') flight, enables location of prey by sound.
It is a large black vulture with a ruff of white feathers surrounding the base of the neck and, especially in the male, large white patches on the wings.
The wattles and orbital skin are both yellow in colour, and the ruff or cape is light orange. The upper back is green and the rest of the back and rump are golden-yellow in colour. The tertiaries are blue whereas the scapulars are dark red.
The fur seal has a thick black or brown coat with a ruff of lighter tan fur around their necks. Because of their thick insulating fur layer, they all must swim to cool off in the hottest part of the day.
One of Africa's most attractive primates, the L'Hoest's monkey possesses a brilliant white ruff that frames its delicate black face.
The male Giant Cowbird is 36 centimetres (14 in) long, weighs 180 grams (6.3 oz) and is iridescent black, with a long tail, long bill, small head, and a neck ruff which is expanded in display.
It has a ruff of feathers around face. The bill is dark with blue base and yellow skin at base of bill. The eyes are yellow. The feet and legs are orange-yellow. The male is gray above with white chest and underside, white rump and black wing tips.
Philomachus pugnax - Ruff
Gallinago
Gallinago gallinago - Common Snipe (photo)
Scolopax
Scolopax rusticola - Eurasian Woodcock
Numenius
Numenius borealis - Eskimo Curlew
Numenius americana - Long-billed Curlew (photo) ...
The long-haired Manx, known to some cat registries as the Cymric, has a silky-textured double coat of medium length, with britches, belly and neck ruff, tufts of fur between the toes and full ear furnishings.
The wattles and orbital skin are yellow; the ruff or cape is light orange; the upper back is green and the rest of the back and rump is golden-yellow. Males also have a scarlet breast and scarlet and light chestnut flanks and underparts.
A male will greet a newly arriving female with the Head-Shaking Crouch display, as he lowers himself on the nest into the incubating posture, erects his neck ruff and shakes his head from side to side.
Nearly one-half the size of adult males, females lack the male's ruff (long hairs around the neck), but otherwise they are similar in appearance.
Baboons use over 30 vocalizations ranging from grunts to barks to screams.
These birds all have naked heads and a ruff of feathers surmounting the shoulders. The nests are bulky and built of sticks, usually placed in trees, sometimes in colonies.
The male has a fleshy comb or crest of red or black and a white ruff at the base of the neck. The rest of the plumage is black except for a large patch of silvery gray on the wings. Wrinkled, fleshy wattles adorn the neck, and the eyes are brown.
Common ravens have a well-developed ruff of feathers on the throat, which are called 'hackles.'
The raven is an acrobatic flier and has even been observed flying upside down.
ruff - the long, thick hair that grows around the neck.
shoulder - the joint at the uppermost part of the forelegs.
stifle - the dog's knee, located on the hind leg above the ankle.
Argali males also have a whitish neck ruff and a dorsal crest. Whilst females also have horns, the male corkscrew horns are much bigger.
Size
Weight: 65-180kg
Shoulder height: 90-120cm
Length: 120-200cm ...
Biknevicius, A. R., and C. B. Ruff. 1992. The structure of the mandibular corpus and its relationship to feeding behaviours in extant carnivorans. Journal of Zoology (London) 228:479-507.
Females are dull black, won't show much or any neck ruff and have a orange-brown eye.
A breeding range map is available form the Breeding Bird Survey
A winter range map is available from the Christmas Bird Count ...
Though most parrots can raise their neck feathers to some degree, the extensive 'hawk-like' ruff display is unique to the Hawk-Headed Parrot.
In addition, males have a whitish neck ruff, which encompasses most of the neck's surface, and a dorsal crest, both of which are more prominent in the winter coat.
It has a striped ruff of fur on its cheeks and a short tail with a black tip. It gets its name from its short or bobbed tail. The bobcat is about two feet tall from its shoulders to its feet. It weigh between 20 and 30 pounds.
The Andean condor has black plumage with white wing patches and a white neck ruff . The gray colored head and neck are bare; the male species has a comb of wattles.
The rare California condor or California vulture is all black with white wing bands.
The Barn Owl has a very distinct heart-shaped facial disk, surrounded by a dark ruff. It has small, dark eyes, an elongated beak, and no ear tufts. Its wings are about two times the length of its tail. Its tarsi are covered with short feathers.
Paler colouring, with brown rather than black stipes. White ruff of fur round neck. Largest cat in the world
Up to 3.3m head to tail, about 300kg
Less than 350 in the wild ...
Nestlings are black and downy with a reddish-orange head and neck with a ruff of yellow feathers around the neck.
Lobed Toes
At Nest ...
Sargeant, G.A. and R.L. Ruff. 2001. Demographic response of black bears at Cold Lake, Alberta, to the removal of adult males. Ursus 12:59-68.
The males tend to ruff up the feathers on their head, flanks, and breast and have their tails twisted toward the female. A whole lot of bobbing is done during courtship and the males tend to sit close to the females to peer into her face.
The barn owl's face is arresting. There are no ear tufts. The eyes and beak are completely encircled by a heart-shaped facial ruff of white, rimmed with tan while slightly curved feathers radiate out from the small, dark eyes.
Between the ears and along the neck is a thick ruff of brown hair, while the hands and the feet are white. The white-footed tamarin uses all heights of the forest and favors edge habitats such as areas adjacent to streams.
Shy and elusive, they have several distinguishing features: a short tail, long legs, furry snowshoe-like paws, prominent ear tufts, and a pronounced ruff around the face and chin.
The underside is mainly white. Male Tigers have a prominent ruff on their heads. Some white tigers exist - particularly in captivity and these are a result of breeding two tigers which both have a particular recessive gene.
These pet parrots have a unique ruff of feathers on their napes that they can raise and lower, making the orange-winged Amazon's body language more noticeable.
And like most tigers, Amur tigers have a ruff of fur around their neck. This "scarf" is more developed in Amur tigers than in any other subspecies.
Then a second and third condor soared across the deep blue sky. Through the scope, I could see the distinctive white neck ruff of the two adults. WOW!!! It was a perfect finale for a perfect day! It is a memory that will stay with me forever.
The barn owl is primarily white with yellow and tawny shade and it is freckles of dark specks. The eyes and beak are completely encircled by a heart-shaped facial ruff of white feathers rimmed with tan feathers.
SIZE: ...
The characteristic stripe patterns differ from one individual to another and from one side of the cat's body to the other. In fact, there are no tigers with identical markings. Males exhibit a characteristic ruff (lengthened hairs around the neck), ...
Dives deeply when foraging, some dives over 1800 m have been recorded, but most are less than 500 m (Potter and Birchler, in Wilson and Ruff 1999). Apparently feeds throughout the year.
 See also: Sandpiper, Eagle, Vulture, Hawk, Curlew
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