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The Black Swan, Cygnus atratus is a large non-migratory waterbird which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest of Australia. It is also found along the east coast of Australia, Tasmania and recently reintroduced in New Zealand. Prior to the arrival of the Māori, a sub-species known as the New Zealand Swan used to live in New Zealand. This subspecies was hunted to extinction. The Black Swan was formerly placed into a monotypic genus, Chenopis. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (800x700, 175 KB) Image of a pair of Black Swans, converted from JPG to PNG format. ...
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Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera Subregnum Eumetazoa Placozoa Orthonectida Rhombozoa Radiata (unranked) Ctenophora Cnidaria Bilateria (unranked) Acoelomorpha Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata Hemichordata Echinodermata Chaetognatha Xenoturbellida Superphylum Ecdysozoa Kinorhyncha Loricifera Priapulida Nematoda Nematomorpha Onychophora Tardigrada Arthropoda Superphylum Platyzoa Platyhelminthes Gastrotricha Rotifera Acanthocephala Gnathostomulida Micrognathozoa Cycliophora Superphylum Lophotrochozoa Sipuncula Nemertea Phoronida Bryozoa Entoprocta...
{{{subdivision_ranks}}} See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ...
Orders Many - see section below. ...
Families Anhimidae Anseranatidae Anatidae †Cnemiornithidae †Dromornithidae †Presbyornithidae The order Anseriformes contains about 150 species of birds in three families: the Anhimidae (the screamers), Anseranatidae (the Magpie-goose), and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans. ...
Subfamilies Dendrocygninae Thalassorninae Anserinae Stictonettinae Plectropterinae Tadorninae Anatinae Aythyinae Merginae Oxyurinae and see text Anatidae is the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swan. ...
Genera and species Cygnus Bechstein 1803 C. cygnus C. buccinator C. columbianus C. (c. ...
In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ...
John Latham John Latham (June 27, 1740 - February 4, 1837) was an English physician, naturalist and author. ...
In zoology, as in other branches of biology, subspecies is the rank immediately subordinate to a species. ...
Binomial name Cygnus sumnerensis (Forbes, 1890) The New Zealand Swan (Cygnus sumnerensis) is an extinct bird from the Chatham Islands and the South Island of New Zealand. ...
In biology and ecology, extinction is the ceasing of existence of a species or group of species. ...
In scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different scientific names used for a single taxon. ...
Flock of Barnacle Geese during autumn migration Many species of birds undertake seasonal journeys of various lengths, a phenomenon known as Bird migration. ...
Falcated Duck at Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands centre, Gloucestershire, England Wildfowl or waterfowl, also waterbirds, is the collective term for the approximately 147 species of swans, geese and ducks, classified in the order Anseriformes, family Anatidae. ...
Emblems: Flora - Tasmanian Blue Gum; Mineral - Crocoite Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Slogan or Nickname: The Apple Isle; Holiday Isle Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Const. ...
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The word MÄori refers to the indigenous people of New Zealand and to their language. ...
In taxonomy, a subspecies is the taxon immediately subordinate to a species. ...
Binomial name Cygnus sumnerensis (Forbes, 1890) The New Zealand Swan (Cygnus sumnerensis) is an extinct bird from the Chatham Islands and the South Island of New Zealand. ...
The Dodo, shown here in illustration, is an often-cited[1] example of extinction. ...
Monotypic refers to a taxonomic group with only one subgroup at the next (smaller) taxonomic level, for example, a monotypic genus has only one species. ...
The Black Swan is commonly found in the wetlands of southern Australia. Unfortunately, human inhabitance has decreased the population of the swan. The current global population of the Black Swan is approximately around 500,000 individuals.
The Black Swan is 130cm (52in) long and weighs up to 9kg (20lbs). It has all black plumage, except for the red bill, dark grey legs and white tips of the wing feathers. The neck is long and curved in an "S". On its red bill, there is a white bar near the tip. Both sexes are similar, with female slightly smaller and lighter than male. The cygnets have light grey plumage. The beak—otherwise known as the bill or rostrum—is an external anatomical structure which serves as the mouth in some animals. ...
Cygnet can mean: A young swan Village of Cygnet, Ohio, United States Town of Cygnet, Tasmania, Australia Tetrahedral kite designed by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell and flown by First Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge (cf. ...
The Southern Hemisphere swan species differ from the all-white Northern Hemisphere swans in that they all have some black in the plumage, but only the Black Swan is almost completely black. However, its closest living relative is probably the Mute Swan which is most similar, except in body plumage. The Southern Hemisphere is the half of a planets surface (or celestial sphere) that is south of the equator (the word hemisphere literally means half ball). On Earth it contains five continents (Antarctica, Australia, most of South America, parts of Africa and Asia) as well as four oceans (South...
Genera and species Cygnus Bechstein 1803 C. cygnus C. buccinator C. columbianus C. (c. ...
Insert non-formatted text here The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planets surface (or celestial sphere) that is north of the equator (the word hemisphere literally means half ball). On the Earth, the Northern Hemisphere contains most of the land and population. ...
Binomial name Cygnus olor (Gmelin, 1789) The Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) is a common Eurasian member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. ...
Every year, the adults moult and become flightless. During this time they gather on open lakes in flocks. The diet consists mainly of water plants and unlike many other waterbirds, they spend their entire lives in the area where they were hatched. In animals, moulting (Commonwealth English) or molting (American English) is the routine shedding off old feathers in birds, or of old skin in reptiles, or of old hairs in mammals (see also coat (dog)). In arthropods, such as insects, arachnids and crustaceans, moulting describes the shedding of its exoskeleton (which...
As with other swans, the Black Swan is largely monogamous, pairing for life. It nests on large mounds build in the middle of a shallow lake and reuses the same nest each year, restoring or rebuilding it as needed. Male and female swans share the care of the nest, and once the cygnets are fledged, it is not uncommon to see whole families looking for food. In monogamy (Greek: monos = single/only and gamos = marriage) a person has only one spouse at a time (as opposed to polygamy). ...
Black Swans were discovered by the expedition of Willem de Vlamingh to the west coast of Australia in 1697. Their discovery created great interest in Europe, where "all swans are white" had long been used as a standard example of a well-known scientific truth. Willem de Vlamingh (born 28 November 1640, died ?) was a Dutch sailor who explored the southwest coast of Australia (then New Holland) in the late 17th Century. ...
The official state emblem of Western Australia, the Black Swan is protected under the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974. It is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Emblems: Floral - Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos manglesii); Mammal - Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus); Bird - Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) Motto: none Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Const. ...
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species. ...
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Gallery Black Swans on the Gippsland Lakes near Paynesville, Victoria, Australia Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 1908 KB) Summary Black Swans floating along in the Gippsland Lakes (Eastern Victoria, Australia). ...
Gippsland Lakes is a network of lakes, marshes and lagoons in east Gippsland, Victoria, Australia covering an area of about 600 km sq, The largest of the lakes are Lake Wellington, Lake King and Lake Victoria. ...
Paynesville is a tourist resort town in eastern Victoria, Australia about 300 km from Melbourne. ...
Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th) - Land 227,416 km² - Water 10,213 km² (4. ...
| | Black Swan at Lake Ginninderra, Canberra, Australia Black Swans at Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre, Gloucestershire, England. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (888x1184, 288 KB)Black swan at Lake Ginninderra, Canberra Australia. ...
Lake Ginninderra is an artificial lake located on the Ginninderra Creek and adjacent to the Belconnen Town Centre. ...
For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ...
| Black Swan with immature offspring beside Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra, Australia Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3264x2448, 2802 KB) Summary Adult and immature Black Swans in Weston Park, beside Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra, Australia File links The following pages link to this file: Black Swan Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera...
Sunset over Lake Burley Griffin, viewed from the Commonwealth Bridge Lake Burley Griffin is a lake in the centre of Canberra, Australias federal capital city. ...
For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ...
| Cygnus atratus and cygnet at Torrens River, Adelaide Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1170x841, 681 KB) Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) and cygnet. ...
Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ...
| Cygnus atratus in Singapore Botanical Gardens Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1317 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Black Swan Singapore Botanic Gardens User:Advanced/Gallery Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the...
Singapore Botanic Gardens is a 52 hectare botanical garden in Singapore that includes the National Orchid Garden which has a collection of more than 3000 species of orchids. ...
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References - BirdLife International (2004). Cygnus atratus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 9 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species. ...
The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...
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