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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 ...
Whooper swan: Breeds in Iceland and subarctic Europe and Asia, migrating to temperate Europe and Asia in winter Cygnus buccinator: Trumpeter swan: The largest North American swan. Very similar to the whooper swan (and sometimes treated as a subspecies of it), it was hunted almost to extinction but has since recovered. North America Cygnus ...
The mute swan is the national bird of Denmark.. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Denmark.The avifauna of Denmark included a total of 504 species recorded in the wild by according to the Dansk Ornitologisk Forening (DOF; Danish Ornithological Society)'s DK listen [1] (this list uses only Danish names, with the English names below abstracted from the DOF's Western Palaearctic list ...
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.
The white-throated dipper is the national bird of Norway.. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Norway.The avifauna of Norway included a total of 547 species and a species pair recorded in the wild by October 2022 according to the Norwegian Ornithological Society (Norsk Ornitologisk Forening, NOF) with supplemental additions from Avibase. [1]
Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium to large coastal, fish-eating seabirds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage colouration varies, with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black-and-white, and a few being colourful. Pygmy cormorant, Microcarbo pygmeus; Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
The waxwings are a group of birds with soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and cedar waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter.