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Encyclopedia > New Zealand Swan
New Zealand Swan
Conservation status: Extinct (1590)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Cygnus
Species: sumnerensis
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 last specimen died around 1590, only one complete skeleton was found.


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