Tundra swan
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The tundra swan is a species of swan which breeds in the arctic, and overwinters in North America, Europe, and Asia. It is the smallest of the Holarctic swans, at 115–150 cm in length, 168–211 cm in w
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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.
Whistling swan (C. c. columbianus)
Bewick's swan (C. c. bewickii)
Mute swan
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The mute swan is a species of swan and a member of the family Anatidae within the waterfowl order. It is native to much of Europe and parts of Asia and the far north of Africa. It is an introduced spe
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…water using plant material, and lay 2–7 eggs, which incubate for about 30 days. The young fledge quickly after 60–75 days, twice as fast as the young of mute swans. They remain with their parents for their first winter migration. Sometimes, in their winter grounds, the families are joined offspring from previous…
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092 Wild Mute swan in flight at Lake Geneva during golden hour of sunset Photo by Giles Laurent
Mute swan with cygnets on a duckweed-covered lake
Two mute swan cygnets a few weeks old; the cygnet on the right is of the "Polish swan" colour morph, expressing the recessive gene responsible for leucism.