* 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.

Red-breasted Goose swimming

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

The Red-breasted Goose breeds in Arctic Siberia, mainly on the Taymyr Peninsula, with smaller populations in the Gydan and Yamal peninsulas.

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.

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

Red-breasted Nuthatches smear sap around the entrance holes to their nests, while White-breasted Nuthatches rub foul-smelling insects around theirs.

The old-growth forests house hole nesters such as Eurasian Pygmy Owls, Ural Owls, Three-toed Woodpeckers, Red-breasted Flycatchers and the Siberian Flying Squirrel.

The diversity of birdlife is similarly high, including the beautiful and much sought Narina Trogon as well as species such as the Cape Vulture, Black Eagle, Crowned Eagle, African Fish Eagle, Gymnogene, Jackal Buzzard, Whitebacked Vulture, Bald Ibis, African Finfoot, Knysna Lourie, Purple-crested Lourie, Gurney's Sugarbird, Malachite Sunbird, Cinnamon Dove, Emerald Cuckoo, Red-backed Mannikin, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Olive Bush Shrike, Green Twinspot, Taita Falcons ( very rarely sighted, a breeding pair lives in the nearby Abel Erasmus Pass ), Cape Eagle Owl, White-faced Owl, Wood Owl, Peregrine Falcon, Black-breasted Snake Eagle, Wahlberg's Eagle, Long-crested Eagle, Jackal Buzzard, Lanner Falcon, Red-breasted Sparrowhawk, Rock Kestrel and others.

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

The Red-breasted Blackbird is resident from southwestern Costa Rica, which it has recently colonised, and Trinidad, south to northeastern Peru and central Brazil.

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.

However, it is found in the Red-breasted Parakeet, the Derbyan Parakeet and the Nicobar Parakeet which are morphologically dissimilar and apparently very closely related among each other, though not to the Mauritius Parakeet or its immediate relatives.

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

The Red-breasted Nuthatch ( Sitta canadensis ) is a small songbird.

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

Red-breasted Blackbird is a small icterid, long and weighing.

Like all nuthatches, the Red-breasted Nuthatch is assigned to the genus Sitta ( Linnaeus, 1758 ), a name derived from sittē ( σιττη ), the Ancient Greek word for the Eurasian Nuthatch.

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 Blackbird has benefited from the more open habitat created by forest clearance and ranching, and is extending its range.

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.

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

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.

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

Red-breasted Mergansers dive and swim underwater.

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

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

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

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.