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Ruff
From LoveToKnow 1911
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, ...
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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).
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RUFF-NECKED HUMMING-BIRD. [ Rufous Hummingbird.] SELASPHORUS RUFUS, Gmel. [Selasphorus rufus.] ...
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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.
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Ruff Breeding Behavior Male Ruffs establish a territory on the breeding ground, or lek. When females arrive, they display their magnificent neck plumage, puffing up their feathers like an Elizabethan ruff and holding their wings open.
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Ruff = contracted form of "ruffle", the fluffing up of neck feathers seen in the excited males. Who would'a guessed...
4. Juvenile Ruff ...
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Ruff
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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.
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Ruff Fall Sighting Information: rare Nest on or near Refuge? no Sanderling Fall Sighting Information: common Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
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Wilson, D., S. Ruff. 1999. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution Press.
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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.
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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.
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Australian herring, Australian ruff or tommy ruff, Arripis georgianus: Gippsland Lakes, Victoria to Shark Bay, Western Australia; endemic ...
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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.
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They have the distinctive ruff on the sides of their head and black tufts on the tips of their ears. Bobcats in the southern parts of their range tend to have more vi brant markings than those further north, and tend to be smaller.
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Like owls, has curved, sound-reflecting facial ruff which, with characteristic low (<7') flight, enables location of prey by sound.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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As with the Lynx, it has a ruff or fur extending from its ears to the jowls. The Bobcat is seen in a greater variety of habitants than the Lynx.
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The Northern Harrier has a sound-reflecting facial ruff of feathers, similar to an owl's, which it uses to locate prey. When actively hunting, this species flies low over an area, alternately flapping and gliding.
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The Frill-necked Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii), also known as the Frilled Lizard or Frilled Dragon, is so called because of the large ruff of skin which usually lies folded back against its head and neck.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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Though most parrots can raise their neck feathers to some degree, the extensive ' hawk-like' ruff display is unique to the Hawk-Headed Parrot.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nestlings are black and downy with a reddish-orange head and neck with a ruff of yellow feathers around the neck.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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: ...
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They also lack the neck ruff, which gives a Bronzed Cowbird male its hunched appearance.
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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), ...
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Has an eight-foot wingspan, but short legs with weak, blunt toes. The horn-colored beak is slender and relatively weak. The long goose-like neck is thinly covered with down, with a distinct ruff of quill and down feathers at the base of the neck.
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Description: The Siberian tiger’s orange colour is actually paler than that of other tigers and it has widely spaced brown stripes rather than black. It has a white chest and belly and a thick ‘ ruff’ of hair around its neck.
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Behind their heads, they have a mane, a ruff of fur that covers their neck and part of their shoulders. Their belly and underlegs are nearly bare. The sloth bear's ears are large and floppy; they have very good hearing.
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They may be almost black or very light beige; a few brown bears are pure white. The grizzly bear has deep chocolate brown fur with silver tips. The Kodiak bear is uniformly brown and usually has a ruff of longer hair that makes the head look larger.
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membrane fully furred on the upper surface (as in the red bat), 3) long, brown hair on the dorsum, heavily frosted with grayish white, 4) individual hairs that are basally gray, succeeded by bands of yellow brown, umber brown, and white, 5) a ruff of ...
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 See also: Sandpiper, Eagle, Vulture, Hawk, Curlew
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