Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollis(Pallas, PS, 1769)
English (US) Red-breasted Goose
The Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: breeds low Arctic tundra of Yamal, Gydan, and Taymyr peninsulas (northwestern Siberia); winters to western and southern Black Sea and southern Caspian Sea; prone to vagrancy elsewhere in EurasiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Branta ruficollis
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Red-breasted Goose
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1769)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anser ruficollis
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1769)
- Type locality
- Lower Ob, southern Russia.
- Original description
- Spicilegia zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur 1 fasc.6 p.21 pl.4
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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