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Friday, 19 July 2013
RUFF
(Calidris pugnax)
male in transition to summer plumage, Kalloni Salt Pans, Lesvos Island, Greece
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The Ruff
(Calidris pugnax)
is a medium sized shorebird or wader of the sandpiper family
Scolopacidae
which is in the genus
Calidris
.
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