* Red-breasted Goose

* Red-breasted Goose

The Red-breasted Goose ( Branta ruficollis ) is a brightly marked, endangered species of goose in the genus Branta from Eurasia.

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Among the species from these two genera, the Red-breasted Goose is the smallest at in length.

The Red-breasted Goose often nests close to nests of birds of prey, such as Snowy Owls and Peregrine Falcons, which helps to protect this small goose from mammalian predators such as the Arctic Fox.

While wintering, the Red-breasted Goose feeds on grasses, leafs and seeds.

The Red-breasted Goose is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds ( AEWA ) applies.

As it is not clear to what extent the known population fluctuates in this species – as in other Arctic geese – and given the worsening outlook for the species as a whole, the Red-breasted Goose was uplisted from a species of Least Concern to Endangered status in the 2007 IUCN Red List.

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They host many endemic and endangered species, such as Great White Pelican, Dalmatian Pelican, Pygmy Cormorant, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Greater Flamingo, White-headed Duck, Ferruginous Duck, Eurasian Spoonbill, Glossy Ibis, Houbara Bustard, Great Black-headed Gull, Slender-billed Gull, Squacco Heron, Common Crane, Demoiselle Crane, Slender-billed Curlew, Black Stork, Red-breasted Goose, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Lesser Kestrel, Whooper Swan, Tundra Swan, Osprey, Pallid Harrier, Short-toed Eagle and many others.

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Belene Island is a part of the Belene Islands Complex and of the Persina Natural Park, a home to over 170 species of rare water birds, such as the Glossy Ibis, Pygmy Cormorant, Lesser Grey Shrike, Red-breasted Goose and others.

This species is very closely related to the White-browed Blackbird, S. superciliaris which breeds further south, and was formerly considered to be subspecies of Red-breasted Blackbird.

This species is very closely related to the Red-breasted Blackbird, S. militaris, which breeds further north, and was formerly considered to be subspecies of that bird.

These are the least marine of this group, only Red-breasted being common on the sea.

The Red-breasted Merganser is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds ( AEWA ) applies.

* Red-breasted Merganser videos, photos & sounds on the Internet Bird Collection

Further distinctions are that the Red-breasted Nuthatch has a black eye line and reddish underparts, and the Brown-headed and Pygmy Nuthatches each have a brown cap, and a white patch on the nape of the neck.

The Red-breasted Nuthatch's diet changes depending on the season.

* Red-breasted Nuthatch videos, photos & sounds on the Internet Bird Collection.

The Red-breasted Blackbird builds a deep grass-lined open cup nest on the ground amongst tall grasses, with several nests often close together.

Female Red-breasted Blackbird is longer billed, smaller, and shorter winged than its relative, with more red and less streaking on the underparts.

Female Red-breasted Blackbird is longer billed, smaller, and shorter winged than White-browed, with more red and less streaking on the underparts.

The adult Red-breasted Merganser is long with a wingspan.

Although they are seaducks, most of the mergansers prefer riverine habitats, with only the Red-breasted Merganser being common at sea.

They sometimes hybridize with Red-naped Sapsuckers or Red-breasted Sapsuckers where their breeding ranges overlap.

The Red-breasted Nuthatch is a small passerine, measuring in length, with a wingspan of and a weight of 0. 35 oz ( 10 g ).

Though it is primarily a full-time resident of northern and subalpine conifer forests, the Red-breasted Nuthatch regularly migrates irruptively, with both the number migrating and the wintering locations varying from year to year.

Red-breasted Swallow is like a giant Red-rumped Swallow, 24 cm long, with blue upperparts other than a reddish collar and rump.

If heard or seen well, this species is virtually unmistakable in the wild, since it overlaps only with the very different marked and larger Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches.

It is similar in shape to the slightly smaller Red-breasted Flycatcher.

There are also migratory bird populations of international importance, including Pintail, Red Knot and Common Redshank and, regularly, over 20, 000 wintering waterfowl, including Common Shelduck, Red-breasted mergansers, Eurasian Oystercatchers, Ringed Plover, Dunlin and Eurasian Curlew.

One inventory in June 2012 found the following species: ovenbird, Eastern Whip-poor-will, wilson's snipe, alder flycatcher, Warbling vireo, red-eyed vireo, winter wren, wood thrush, American robin, veery, gray catbird, common yellowthroat, Chestnut-sided Warbler, northern waterthrush, Black-throated Green Warbler, northern parula, American Redstart, white-throated sparrow, indigo bunting, red-winged blackbird, American goldfinch, osprey, Ring-necked Duck, Hooded Merganser, Pied-billed Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Virginia Rail, American Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Chimney Swift, Belted Kingfisher, Marsh Wren, House Wren, Eastern Bluebird, Pine Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Savannah Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Eastern Meadowlark, Bobolink, bank swallow, cliff swallow, barn swallow, White-breasted Nuthatch, Ruffed Grouse, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Blue-headed Vireo, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Lincoln's Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pine Siskin, Purple Finch, Canada Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Morning Warbler, Dark-eyed Junco, and Northern Rough-winged Swallow.

Most species are non-migratory and live in their habitat year-round, although the North American Red-breasted Nuthatch migrates to warmer regions during the winter.

The Red-breasted Nuthatch, Corsican Nuthatch and Chinese Nuthatch have breeding ranges separated by thousands of kilometres, but are similar in habitat preference, appearance and song.

It is also known as the Rufous-necked Wryneck, Red-breasted Wryneck, African Wryneck or Rufous-throated Wryneck.

The Red-breasted Merganser ( Mergus serrator ) is a diving duck.

The Red-breasted Merganser was one of the many species originally described by Linnaeus in his 18th-century work, Systema Naturae.

Red-breasted Mergansers dive and swim underwater.

The genus also includes the Red-naped Sapsucker, Red-breasted Sapsucker, and Williamson's Sapsucker.

The Red-breasted Flycatcher ( Ficedula parva ) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family.

The Asian species Ficedula albicilla previously considered a subspecies of the Red-breasted Flycatcher, but has the red throat surrounded by grey and a different song.

It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Red-breasted Flycatcher.

The Red-breasted Sapsucker ( Sphyrapicus ruber ), is a medium-sized woodpecker of the forests of the west coast of North America.