Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 16,056
- Most observed in
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The whooper swan (/ˈhuːpə(ɹ) swɒn/ "hooper swan"; Cygnus cygnus), is a large northern hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American trumpeter swan.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Whooper swan”.