Red-breasted goose | |
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Red-breasted goose at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Genus: | Branta |
Species: | B. ruficollis
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Binomial name | |
Branta ruficollis (Pallas, 1769)
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Synonyms | |
Rufibrenta ruficollis |
The red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis) is a brightly marked species of goose in the genus Branta from Eurasia. It is currently classified as vulnerable by the IUCN.[1]