{"id":24613,"date":"2012-10-30T15:33:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T14:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:27","slug":"ruff-philomachus-pugnax","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruff Philomachus pugnax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) is a medium-sized wader in which breeds in marshes and wet meadows in northern Europe and Russia. This species is migratory, wintering in southern and western Europe, Africa, southern Asia and Australia. It is highly gregarious, sometimes forming huge wintering flocks.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Ruff\u00a0<i>Philomachus\u00a0pugnax<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-172-24613\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1188\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax-9.jpg\" title=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (09)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax\/thumbs\/thumbs_ruff-philomachus-pugnax-9.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (09)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1187\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax-8.jpg\" title=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (08)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax\/thumbs\/thumbs_ruff-philomachus-pugnax-8.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (08)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1186\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax-7.jpg\" title=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (07)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax\/thumbs\/thumbs_ruff-philomachus-pugnax-7.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (07)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1185\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax-6.jpg\" title=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (06)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax\/thumbs\/thumbs_ruff-philomachus-pugnax-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (06)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1184\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax-5.jpg\" title=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (05)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax\/thumbs\/thumbs_ruff-philomachus-pugnax-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (05)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1183\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax-4.jpg\" title=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (04)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax\/thumbs\/thumbs_ruff-philomachus-pugnax-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (04)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1182\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax-3.jpg\" title=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (03)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax\/thumbs\/thumbs_ruff-philomachus-pugnax-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (03)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1181\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax-2.jpg\" title=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (02)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/ruff-philomachus-pugnax\/thumbs\/thumbs_ruff-philomachus-pugnax-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) (02)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) is a medium-sized wader in which breeds in marshes and wet meadows in northern Europe and Russia. This species is migratory, wintering in southern and western Europe, Africa, southern Asia and Australia. It is highly gregarious, sometimes forming huge wintering flocks. Factsheet: Ruff\u00a0Philomachus\u00a0pugnax\u00a0 &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":837572,"parent":17620,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[1682,1028],"class_list":["post-24613","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-philomachus-pugnax","tag-ruff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24613\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}