Species: Cygnus olor

Mute Swan
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Anseriformes

    Family

    Anatidae

    Genus

    Cygnus

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Cygne tuberculé
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Waterfowl
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae - Cygnus - .
    Migration
    true - true - false - In North America, makes short local migrations or does not migrate.
    Non-migrant
    true
    Locally Migrant
    true
    Food Comments
    Eats mainly aquatic plants pulled up from bottom in shallow water.
    Reproduction Comments
    Clutch size averages 4-6. Incubation lasts 34-38 days, mainly or entirely by female. Young are tended by both parents, independent at about 4 months.
    Ecology Comments
    Introduced swans in southern New England occupy and defend territories against conspecific individuals year-round, except when mid-winter ice prevents occupancy. Some swans defend their territories also against waterfowl of other species, though interference with the nesting of other species has not been documented. As of the early 1990s, no impact of swans on aquatic vegetation was evident (Conover and Kania 1994).
    Length
    152
    Weight
    11800
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-11-20
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-11-20
    Other Status

    LC - Least concern

    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Native to Eurasia. Introduced and established in North America, with breeding recorded locally from southern Saskatchewan, Great Lakes region (Michigan), southern New York and Connecticut south to central Missouri and along the Atlantic coast to Virginia; other populations have been recorded in the vicinity of Vancouver Island and in Oregon and Indiana; also in other areas of world. In the U.S., the highest winter densities occur in Michigan and along the eastern seaboard from Delaware to Massachusetts (Root 1988).
    Global Range Code
    H
    Global Range Description
    >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
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