Qatar Bird Observation Group

Ruff

Female, 13-Aug-2013 (©Mohammed AlThani)

Female, 17-Sep-2011 (©Sameh Odeh)

Male Winter, 05-Mar-2018 (©Mohammed AlThani)

Female, 15-Jul-2013 (©Mohammed AlThani)

Male winter, 21-Mar-2011 (©Sameh Odeh)

Female (©Sultan AlAsiri)

13-Apr-2014 (©Sameh Odeh)

Female, 27-Aug-2011 (©Sameh Odeh)

Ruff

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Description
Seen in all months of the year, but primarily a passage migrant and winter visitor. Males are much larger than females, and in spring males can range from black to white to red in colour, with a collar of 'ruffed' up feathers around the neck. Female are always brown. Unlike many wading birds, the Ruff is typically a quiet bird. It groups together in large flocks which, when disturbed, wheel around in the sky above the short grassy fields where it feeds.

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