Species
Oiseaux

cd_nom

814245

Ruff (English)

Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Classification
Mouettes, goélands, sternes et bécasses
Chordata > Aves > Charadriiformes > Scolopacidae
Mouettes, goélands, sternes et bécasses
Habitats

habitats

marine and terrestrial

Domains and territories

Continental

Metropolitan France

Overseas

Marine

Metropolitan France

Overseas

Assessment, protection and threat status

Assessed species

evaluated

Protected species

protected

Europe

Near threatened (species close to the threshold of threatened species or which could be threatened if specific conservation measures are not taken)

World

Least concern (species for which the risk of disappearing is low)

Red list

ZNIEFF determined species

ZNIEFF determined species

Status in the territories

Territory

Type of presence

France red list

Guadeloupe

Taxon occasionnel, non nicheur, accidentel dans la zone géographique considérée (par exemple migrateur de passage).

occasional

Not applicable (species not subject to evaluation because (a) introduced recently or (b) occasionally present in mainland France)

Martinique

Taxon occasionnel, non nicheur, accidentel dans la zone géographique considérée (par exemple migrateur de passage).

occasional

Not applicable (species not subject to evaluation because (a) introduced recently or (b) occasionally present in mainland France)

Guyane française

Indigenous or undetermined. Taxon present in a broad sense in the geographical area under consideration, i.e., native taxon or taxon not known to belong to one of the other categories. The lack of knowledge thus benefits the indigenous. Indigenous means: taxon that originated in the geographical area under consideration and that has developed naturally there without human contribution, or taxon that arrived there without human intervention (intentional or not) from an area in which it is indigenous. (NB: excluded hybrids of which at least one of the parents is introduced in the considered area). All taxa categorized as

present

Insufficient data (species for which the assessment could not be carried out due to insufficient data)

Réunion

Taxon occasionnel, non nicheur, accidentel dans la zone géographique considérée (par exemple migrateur de passage).

occasional

Not applicable (species not subject to evaluation because (a) introduced recently or (b) occasionally present in mainland France)

Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Indigenous or undetermined. Taxon present in a broad sense in the geographical area under consideration, i.e., native taxon or taxon not known to belong to one of the other categories. The lack of knowledge thus benefits the indigenous. Indigenous means: taxon that originated in the geographical area under consideration and that has developed naturally there without human contribution, or taxon that arrived there without human intervention (intentional or not) from an area in which it is indigenous. (NB: excluded hybrids of which at least one of the parents is introduced in the considered area). All taxa categorized as

present

Not evaluated, not present in a national Red List

Mayotte

Taxon occasionnel, non nicheur, accidentel dans la zone géographique considérée (par exemple migrateur de passage).

occasional

Not applicable (species not subject to evaluation because (a) introduced recently or (b) occasionally present in mainland France)

Saint-Martin

Taxon occasionnel, non nicheur, accidentel dans la zone géographique considérée (par exemple migrateur de passage).

occasional

Not evaluated, not present in a national Red List

Polynésie française

Taxon occasionnel, non nicheur, accidentel dans la zone géographique considérée (par exemple migrateur de passage).

occasional

Not applicable (species not subject to evaluation because (a) introduced recently or (b) occasionally present in mainland France)

France métropolitaine

Indigenous or undetermined. Taxon present in a broad sense in the geographical area under consideration, i.e., native taxon or taxon not known to belong to one of the other categories. The lack of knowledge thus benefits the indigenous. Indigenous means: taxon that originated in the geographical area under consideration and that has developed naturally there without human contribution, or taxon that arrived there without human intervention (intentional or not) from an area in which it is indigenous. (NB: excluded hybrids of which at least one of the parents is introduced in the considered area). All taxa categorized as

present

Not applicable (species not subject to evaluation because (a) introduced recently or (b) occasionally present in mainland France)
Maps
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Citation
MNHN & OFB [Ed]. 2003-2025. Sheet of Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758). Inventaire national du patrimoine naturel (INPN).
Website: https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/814245 - June 2, 2025