Ruff

“Machetes pugnax. Ruff. Reeve. Combatant. Gambetta. Varied above with black, brown, buff and chestnut, the sides of rump white; under parts white, breast and sides and crissum black, spotted with white; tail brown, barred with chestnut and white; quills dusky, with shafts; wing-coverts ashy-brown. Bill blackish, flesh-colored at base; legs dingy yellow; warty excrescences yellow; feathers of the ruff endlessly varied in color.” Elliot Coues, 1884

Keywords

migratory birds, birds, wading birds, ornithology, ruff, reeve, combatant, insectivorous birds, Eurasian birds, dimorphic birds, aquatic eater, Machetes pugnax, Gambetta, potbellied bird

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Source

Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

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