Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Scolopacidae > Genus Philomachus

Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Tringa Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Philomachus*	Merrem, 1804	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Tringa pugnax*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): brushane sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Бойник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: brushane sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kemphaan sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English: ruff sources: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.

English-United States: Ruff sources: Charles Hussey

French: combattant varié sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Gaelic: rufachán sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Rufachán

German: Kampfläufer sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Μαχητής sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Rufachán sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): לוחם sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: combattente sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: gaidukas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: brushane sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: brushane sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 148

Norwegian Nynorsk: brushane sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 148

Nynorsk (Norwegian): brushane sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: batalion sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: Bătăuş sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: или драчун; или курухтан; или петушок (устар.); турухтан sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: rufachán sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: togotnik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: combatiente sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: brushane sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: dovusken kus; dövüşken kuş sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Брижач; коловодник-брижач; Турухтан sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: pibydd torchog

Literature

basis of record	ITIS database
additional source	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (722 nucleotides; 69 proteins)
Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (219 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159046

Drs Cees Roselaar. Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96818