Ruff (Calidris pugnax), prospecting in the ooze, Kalloni saltpans, Lesvos, Greece

Breeds in Northern Europe and Northern Russia, overwinters in Subsaharan Africa and Asia. This bird is in nonbreeding plumage.

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Kampfläufer

Турухтан

 

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