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Whooper Swan

Cygnus cygnus

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Anatidae

The whooper swan (/ˈhuːpə(ɹ) swɒn/ "hooper swan"; Cygnus cygnus), also known as the common swan, is a large northern hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American trumpeter swan. Taxonomy Francis Willughby and John Ray's Ornithology of 1676 referred to this swan as "the Elk, Hooper, or wild Swan".

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 30,177United Kingdom · 27,319Germany · 9,193France · 979Switzerland · 665Spain · 539Belgium · 95Italy · 3Luxembourg · 1