Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)

Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Size
53 - 56 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pallas, 1769)

Habitat
Breeds on Tundra. In winter, in steppe or sometimes arable land.

Range (Guide)

Austria (NB) (P), Azerbaijan (NB), Bulgaria (NB), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (NB), Denmark (P), Georgia (NB), Germany (NB), Greece (NB), Hungary (NB), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (NB), Iraq (NB), Kazakhstan (P), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (NB), Moldova [Republic of] (NB) (P), Montenegro (NB), Romania (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B) (P), Russia (European) (B) (NB) (P), Serbia (NB), Turkey (NB), Ukraine (NB) (P), Uzbekistan (NB) (P).

Vagrant to Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China (mainland), Cyprus (NB), Egypt, Finland, France (NB), Greenland, India, Ireland (NB), Israel (NB), Italy, Latvia, Netherlands Antilles, Norway, Poland, Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (NB), Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Sweden, United Kingdom.

Population
Estimated population is 37,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Plant material.

Voice
A high-pitched, two syllable call.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis) [XC676388]
by Peter Boesman from Novorybny, Khatanga River, Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Russian Federation (call)

Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis) [XC101103]
by Alexander Hellquist from island Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands (call)

Nest
A mound of vegetation, usually contructed near the nest of a bird of prey (eg. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)).

Eggs (Guide)
4 - 5; whitish.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

The Reader's Digest Book of British Birds 1980, 3rd Edition, Drive Publications Ltd ISBN 0 340 25308 8
Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7

Files:

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