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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 , and the type species for the genus Cygnus .
This is a list of national birds, including official birds of overseas territories and other states described as nations. Most species in the list are officially designated. Some species hold only an "unofficial" status. The Official status column is marked as Yes only if the bird currently holds the position of the official national bird.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Pakistan.The avifauna of Pakistan include a total of 792 species. The chukar (Alectoris chukar) is the official national bird of Pakistan, and the shaheen falcon is the symbolic icon of the Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Avicultural Foundation, one bird is endemic.
The whooper swan and tundra swan are wholly migratory, and the trumpeter swans are almost entirely migratory. [16] There is some evidence that the black-necked swan is migratory over part of its range, but detailed studies have not established whether these movements are long or short-range migration.
Coscoroba swan: Coscoroba coscoroba (Molina, 1782) 28 Black swan: Cygnus atratus (Latham, 1790) 29 Black-necked swan: Cygnus melancoryphus (Molina, 1782) 30 Mute swan: Cygnus olor (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 31 Trumpeter swan: Cygnus buccinator Richardson, 1831: 32 Tundra swan: Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815) 33 Whooper swan: Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus ...
The following is an incomplete list of official city birds, organized by country. Australia ... Tomakomai, Hokkaido - whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus; Tosu, ...
Plumage (from Latin pluma 'feather') is a layer of feathers that covers a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers. The pattern and colours of plumage differ between species and subspecies and may vary with age classes.
This list of birds of Bulgaria includes all bird species which have been seen in the country. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition. The family accounts at the ...