Red-breasted goose  (Branta ruficollis)

Species information

Videos and images

Authentication

Authenticated (14/03/08) by Lavinia Raducescu, Red-breasted Goose International Working Group Coordinator, SOR/BirdLife Romania.

Glossary

  • AEWA: the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds.
  • Life: the Eurpoean Unions’s financial instrument supporting environmental and nature conservation projects throughout the European Union.
  • Steppe: a biome (or subdivision of the Earth’s surface) that is composed of a swathe of temperate grassland stretching from Romania to China.
  • Tundra: treeless, grassy plains characteristic of arctic and sub-arctic regions. They are very cold and have little rainfall.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (February, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. BirdLife International (March, 2005)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=387&m=0
  3. CITES (March, 2005)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. CMS (March, 2005)
    http://www.cms.int
  5. Council of Europe: Bern Convention (March, 2005)
    http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/conventions/bern/default_en.asp
  6. EC Birds Directive (March, 2005)
    http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-1373
  7. AEWA (March, 2005)
    http://www.unep-aewa.org/home/index.htm
  8. Hunter, J.M. and Black, J.M. (1996) International Action Plan for the Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis). In: Heredia, B., Rose, L. and Painter, M. (Eds) Globally Threatened Birds in Europe. Action Plans. Council of Europe Publishing, Strasbourg.
  9. Raducescu, L. (2008) Pers. comm.
  10. Red-breasted Goose International Working Group (February, 2008)
    http://www.brantaruficollis.org
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