ruff; reeve
A migratory sandpiper species (Philomachus pugnax). The male is called 'ruff' and the female 'reeve' in English. In Japanese, the name literally means 'collar-wrapped snipe', referring to the male's ornamental neck feathers.
In spring, ruffs migrate to their breeding grounds.
The male ruff has showy ornamental feathers around its neck.
Standard katakana spelling for this bird name.
Kanji spelling is rare and mostly seen in older or specialized texts; the word is usually written in kana.
The name エリマキシギ is a compound of 襟巻き (erimaki, 'muffler' or 'collar wrap') and シギ (shigi, 'snipe/sandpiper'), describing the male's distinctive ruff of feathers around the neck during the breeding season.