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  2. Trumpeter swan - Wikipedia

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    Distinguishing tundra and trumpeter swans from a distance (when size is harder to gauge) can be challenging without direct comparison but it is possible thanks to the trumpeter's obviously longer neck (the great length of which is apparent even when the swan is not standing or swimming upright) and larger, wedge-shaped bill as compared to the ...

  3. Tundra swan - Wikipedia

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    Woodcut by Robert Elliot Bewick of the swan named in memory of his father by William Yarrell. 1847 edition of Thomas Bewick's A History of British Birds.. C. columbianus is the smallest of the Holarctic swans, at 115–150 cm (45–59 in) in length, 168–211 cm (66–83 in) in wingspan and a weight range of 3.4–9.6 kg (7.5–21.2 lb).

  4. Swan - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Trumpeters and tundras were shot, found on private property ...

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    The swans were a mix of trumpeters and tundras, both of which are protected by state and federal laws. Minnesota has the highest population of trumpeter swans in the lower 48 states. A survey in ...

  6. Bird lovers watch in horror as hunter guns down Tundra swan ...

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    A tundra swan flies above other waterfowl and swans Saturday, November 12, 2022 on the Mississippi River between Stoddard, Wis. and Brownsville, Minn.

  7. Swan trade - Wikipedia

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    The population of trumpeter swans east of the Rockies in the 1600s was estimated at 130,000. [1] Annually, between three and five thousand swans were killed, which greatly contributed to the decline of trumpeter and tundra swans to the point where they were very scarce in the interior of North America.

  8. List of Anseriformes - Wikipedia

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    †Cygnus falconeri Parker 1865 sensu Livezey 1997a (Giant Maltese swan) †Cygnus verae Boev 2000; Cygnus buccinator Richardson 1831 (trumpeter swan) LC; Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus 1758) (whooper swan) LC; Cygnus columbianus (Ord 1815) (tundra swan) LC. C. c. bewickii (Yarrel 1830) sensu Carboneras 1992 (Bewick's Swan) C. c. columbianus (Ord 1815 ...

  9. List of Anatidae species - Wikipedia

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    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 ...