Ruff

The Ruff is a long-necked, pot-bellied bird. This species shows marked sexual dimorphism; the male is much larger than the female , and has a breeding plumage that includes brightly coloured head tufts, bare orange facial skin, extensive black on the breast, and the large collar of ornamental feathers that inspired this bird's English name. The female and the non-breeding male have grey-brown upperparts and mainly white underparts. Three differently plumaged types of male, including a rare form that mimics the female, use a variety of strategies to obtain mating opportunities at a lek, and the colourful head and neck feathers are erected as part of the elaborate main courting display. The female has one brood per year and lays four eggs in a well-hidden ground nest, incubating the eggs and rearing the chicks, which are mobile soon after hatching, on her own. Predators of wader chicks and eggs include mammals such as foxes, feral cats and stoats, and birds such as large gulls, corvids and skuas.

The Ruff is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

1 ruff pronunciation /rʌf/ Show Spelled Show IPA –noun1.a neckpiece or collar of lace, lawn, or the like, gathered or drawn into deep, full, regular folds, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries. 2.something resembling such a piece in form or position. 3.a collar, or set of lengthened or specially marked hairs or feathers, on the neck of an animal. 4.Ornithology. More

Two male Ruff in breeding plumage each with prominent neck feathers, white underparts, and flanks blotched with black. One has a white neck collar of feathers and the other has a colour that is almost entirely very dark brown. Males in breeding plumage in the Netherlands Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3. More

Jump to:navigation, search Ruff of c. 1575. Detail from the Darnley Portrait of Elizabeth I. Dutchwoman's ruff of 1630. Detail from Family Making Music by Jan Miense Molenaer. The wife of the burgomaster of Lübeck, 1642 A ruff is an item of clothing worn in Western Europe from the mid-sixteenth century to the mid-seventeenth century. The ruff which was worn by men, women and children, evolved from the small fabric ruffle at the drawstring neck of the shirt or chemise. More

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Dictionary: ruff1 (rŭf) pronunciation Home > Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary n. 1. A stiffly starched frilled or pleated circular collar of lace, muslin, or other fine fabric, worn by men and women in the 16th and 17th centuries. 2. A distinctive collarlike projection around the neck, as of feathers on a bird or of fur on a mammal. More

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Philomachus pugnax, the male of which has a large erectile ruff of feathers in the breeding season: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc.), order Charadriiformesb. the male of this bird Compare reeve3rufflike adj - ruff2n Cards1. (Group Games / Card Games) (also verb) another word for trump12. (Group Games / Card Games) an old card game similar to whist - ruff3n (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for roughie1ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Noun 1. More

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