Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Scolopacoidea > Family Scolopacidae > Genus Philomachus

Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PhilomachusMerrem, 1804accepted genus name

Species group names

Tringa pugnax Linnaeus, 1758 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 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.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
 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.
 German: Kampfläufer sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Μαχητής sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 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: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: 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 Gaelic: 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

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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

Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.

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

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

Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (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

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

Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.

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

Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.

additional source

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159046

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/eacdf6a1-a62a-4931-a7ad-06a153848da6

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


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Importance

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2016-08-11 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Mark Tasker

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