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The trumpeter swan has a large, wedge-shaped black bill that can be minimally lined with salmon-pink coloration around the mouth. The bill measures 10.5–12 cm (4.1–4.7 in), up to twice the length of a Canada goose (Branta canadensis) bill; the trumpeter swan bill is the largest of any waterfowl species in the world. The legs are gray-pink ...
Genus Dendrocygna Swainson 1837 (whistling/tree ducks) Subgenus (Lamprocygna) Boetticher 1949. ... Cygnus buccinator Richardson 1831 (trumpeter swan) LC;
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 ...
Migrating trumpeter swans are the largest waterfowl. The largest of the accipitrine hawks is the Eurasian goshawk ( Accipiter gentilis ) of temperate Eurasia . They range in size variably, but on average measure 53–64 cm (21–25 in) in length, have a wingspan of 103–117 cm (3.38–3.84 ft) and weigh 0.63–1.4 kg (1.4–3.1 lb). [ 54 ]
Anseriformes is an order of birds also known as waterfowl that comprises about 180 living species of birds in three families: Anhimidae (three species of screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest family, which includes over 170 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.
The kinglets and "crests" are a small family of birds which resemble some warblers. They are very small insectivorous birds, mostly in the genus Regulus. The adults have colored crowns, giving rise to their name. Ruby-crowned kinglet, Corthylio calendula; Golden-crowned kinglet, Regulus satrapa (R)
Common and scientific names are also those of ... Trumpeter swan, Cygnus ... Emberizidae is a family of passerine birds containing a single genus. Until 2017, the New ...
Articles relating to swans (genus Cygnus), birds of the family Anatidae.The swans' closest relatives include the geese and ducks.Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini.