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Family Name : Scolopacidae

Common Name : Ruff     -       Scientific Name : Philomachus pugnax ‹‹ Go Back
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Image title
: Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Other names
: Reeve (female)
Taxonomy & status
: sp P pugnax winter visitor to Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult male in non breeding plumage, Curlew Sandpiper in foreground
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Kelametiya
Date
: 7th June 2006
Equipment
: digiscoped with Nikon Fieldscope ED 82 and Nikon coolpix 7900
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Image title
: Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Taxonomy & status
: sp P pugnax winter visitor to Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult male assuming breeding plumage
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Hasitha Perera
Location
: Jaffna Lagoon
Date
: 10th February 2012
Equipment
: Sony CSC-H1
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