Ruff (Calidris pugnax)

Species Account

Ordered chronologically (not necessarily by HRBP number)
HRBP 0006. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), center, with Black-necked (Hawaiian) Stilts, Ruddy Turnstones, and Pacific Golden-Plovers. Waipi'o Peninusla, O'ahu, 1 Sep 1977. © Omer Bussen
HRBP 0007. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), center, with Black-necked (Hawaiian) Stilts, Ruddy Turnstones, and Pacific Golden-Plover. Waipi'o Peninusla, O'ahu, 1 Sep 1977. © Omer Bussen
HRBP 0008. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), upper right, with with Black-necked (Hawaiian) Stilts. Waipi'o Peninusla, O'ahu, 1 Sep 1977. © Omer Bussen
HRBP 0062. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), center, with Pacific Golden-Plover and Ruddy Turnstones. Waipi'o Peninusla, O'ahu, 7 Oct 1979. © Peter Donaldson
HRBP 0063. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), right, with Bar-tailed Godwit. Waipi'o Peninusla, O'ahu, 7 Oct 1979. © Peter Donaldson
HRBP 0540. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), center, with Ruddy Turnstones. Waipi'o Peninusla, O'ahu, 7 Oct 1979. © Peter Donaldson
HRBP 0228. Ruff (Calidris pugnax). Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 10 Oct 1982. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 1414. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), rear, with Pacific Golden-Plover. Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 10 Oct 1982. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 1415. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), rear, with Pacific Golden-Plover. Green Island, Kure Atoll, 15 Oct 1983. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0541. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), front, with Ruddy Turnstones. Waipi'o Peninusla, O'ahu, 3 Feb 1984. © Peter Donaldson
 HRBP 0612. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), front, with Pacific Golden-Plovers and Ruddy Turnstones. Laysan Island, 8 Nov 1984. © Peter Pyle HRBP 0808. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), front, with Laysan Albatross and chick. Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 5 May 1988. © Nancy Naslund
HRBP 0809. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), front, with Laysan Albatrosses. Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 5 May 1988. © Nancy Naslund
HRBP 0810. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), center, with Laysan Albatrosses. Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 5 May 1988. © Nancy Naslund
 HRBP 1356. Ruff (Calidris pugnax). Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 1 Aug 1997. © James Aliberti HRBP 1357. Ruff (Calidris pugnax). Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 1 Aug 1997. © James Aliberti
HRBP 1358. Ruff (Calidris pugnax). Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 1 Aug 1997. © James Aliberti
HRBP 1359. Ruff (Calidris pugnax). Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 1 Aug 1997. © James Aliberti
 HRBP 1360. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), rear, with Bristle-thighed Curlew. Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 1 Aug 1997. © James Aliberti HRBP 1148. Ruff (Calidris pugnax). Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 20 Sep 1997. © James Aliberti
HRBP 1149. Ruff (Calidris pugnax). Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 20 Sep 1997. © James Aliberti
HRBP 1150. Ruffs (Calidris pugnax). Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 20 Sep 1997. © James Aliberti
 HRBP 1161. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), center, with Ruddy Turnstones. Midway Atoll, 11 Feb 1998. © Peter Pyle HRBP 1162. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), center, with Ruddy Turnstones. Midway Atoll, 11 Feb 1998. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 1242. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), rear, with Ruddy Turnstones and Wandering Tattler. Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 1 Jan 1999. © Tristan McKee
HRBP 5032. Ruff (Calidris pugnax). Kealia Pond NWR, Maui, 1 Nov 2002. © Jon Dunn
 HRBP 5206. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), front, with Ruddy Turnstone. Pepe'ekeo, Hawai'i Island, 16 Mar 2005. © Jack Jeffery HRBP 5237. Ruff (Calidris pugnax). Waimea, Kaua'i, 20 Sep 2005. © Jim Denny
HRBP 5320. Ruff (Calidris pugnax). Hanapepe, Kaua'i, 6 Sep 2006. © Jim Denny
HRBP 5566. Two Ruffs (Calidris pugnax), center, Ruddy Turnstones and Wandering Tattlers. Laysan Island, 4 Apr 2007. © USFWS
 HRBP 5466. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), front, with Masked Boobies. Kure Atoll, 27 Jul 2007. © Christina Ryder HRBP 5841. Ruff (Calidris pugnax). Ohiapilo Wetland, Moloka'i, 1 Sep 2007. © Michael Walther
HRBP 5842. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), 2nd from left, with Black-necked (Hawaiian) Stilt, Sanderling, and Ruddy Turnstones. Ohiapilo Wetland, Moloka'i, 1 Sep 2007. © Michael Walther
 HRBP 5468. Ruffs (Calidris pugnax). Ohiapilo Wetland, Moloka'i, 7 Sep 2007. © Arleone Dibben-Young
HRBP 5469. Ruffs (Calidris pugnax). Ohiapilo Wetland, Moloka'i, 7 Sep 2007. © Arleone Dibben-Young
HRBP 5467. Ruff (Calidris pugnax). Ohiapilo Wetland, Moloka'i, 6 Nov 2007. © Arleone Dibben-Young
HRBP 6469. Ruff (Calidris pugnax), near Kahuku, O'ahu, 1 Sep 2011. © Michael Walther
 HRBP 6470. Ruff (Calidris pugnax). Hanapepe Salt ponds, Kaua'i, 28 Apr 2012. © Oscar Johnson
HRBP 6471. Ruff (Calidris pugnax). Hanapepe Salt ponds, Kaua'i, 28 Apr 2012. © Oscar Johnson
HRBP 6472. Ruffs (Calidris pugnax). Kure Atoll, 12 Sep 2014. © Naomi Worcester
     
HRBP 6473. Ruff (Calidris pugnax). Kawa'iele Wetlands, Kaua'i, 1 Oct 2016. © Jim Denny
      
Photographs and images contributed to Hawaii Rare Bird Photograph (HRBP) file, B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu and part of The Birds of the Hawaiian Islands: Occurrence, History, Distribution, and Status by Robert L. Pyle and Peter Pyle. See Introduction for more information.