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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 .
Country Name of bird Scientific name Official status Picture Ref. Afghanistan Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes Albania Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes Angola Red-crested turaco Tauraco erythrolophus Yes Anguilla Zenaida dove Zenaida aurita Yes Antigua and Barbuda Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes Argentina Rufous hornero Furnarius rufus Yes [8] Aruba "Prikichi" Brown ...
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.
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 ...
Researchers said the protective effects of nature reserves could see the wintering whooper swan population double by 2030.
The whooper swan is the national bird of Finland.. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Finland.The avifauna of Finland included a total of 501 confirmed species as of October 2024, according to BirdLife Suomi, with supplemental additions from Avibase. [1]
The first starts a few days after fledging replacing the juvenile plumage with an auxiliary formative plumage; the second a month or so later giving the formative plumage. [3] Abnormal plumages include a variety of conditions. Albinism, total loss of colour, is rare, but partial loss of colours is more common.
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.