Ruff - male displaying on lek

Ruff - male displaying on lek (Philomachus pugnax). Sweden. Extremely sexually dimorphic. Breeds in Arctic and subarctic and south to termperate zones in Europe. Requires habitat with adjacent feeding-lekking and nesting areas, coastal tundra to forest tundra, near small lakes and in marshes. Migratory with chief winter quarters in Africa. Eats terrestrial and aquatic insects

Displays Lekking Leks Philomachus Pugnax Ruff Ruffs

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