NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF RED-BREASTED GOOSE IN AZOV-BLACK SEA REGION
Red-breasted goose - Rufibrenta ruficollis flown from Russian arctic tundra where they are nesting occur in Azov-Black see region of Ukraine in mixed flocks with White fronted goose - Anser albifrons in Oktober 2008. A number of 14122 birds of this species was recorded in winter time of December 2008 and 14924 in January, 13873 in February 2009, when they stopped to stay overnight and to feed in natural coastal habitats and farmlands. Wintering flocks of Red-breasted goose in the region is unstable due to disturbance by the poachers and hunters, poor feeding biotops, growing area with rape insted of winter weed. The Azov-Black see region is a very important core area and ecological coridor for Red breasted goose and therefore this species need to be protected by the Ukrainina State.