Trumpeter Swan Conservation status: Secure
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Genus: Cygnus Species: C. buccinator
Binomial name
Cygnus buccinator Richardson, 1832

The Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) is the largest native North American swan. Only the introduced Mute Swan may be larger. The Trumpeter Swan is closely related to the Whooper Swan of Eurasia. Download high resolution version (1969x1359, 456 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascideiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Many - see section below. ... Families  Anhimidae  Anseranatidae  Anatidae The order Anseriformes contains about 150 species of bird 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 Merginae Oxyurinae Anatidae is the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swan. ... Genera Cygnus Coscoroba Swans are large water birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Sir John Richardson (1787 - 1865) was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west... Genera Cygnus Coscoroba Swans are large water birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. ... Mute Swan - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Binomial name Cygnus cygnus Linnaeus, 1758 Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) is a large Northern Hemisphere swan. ... African-Eurasian aspect of Earth Eurasia is the landmass composed of the continents of Europe and Asia. ...

These birds have white plumage with a long neck, a short black bill which extends back to the eyes and short black legs. Their wing span can be 3 m. The cygnets are grey in appearance, becoming white after the first year. To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between one metre and ten metres. ...

Their breeding habitat is large shallow ponds and wide slow rivers in northwestern North America, with the largest numbers being found in Alaska. The female lays 3 to 9 eggs in a mound of plant material on a small island, a beaver or muskrat lodge or a floating platform. The same location may be used for several years. These birds often mate for life. The young are able to swim soon after hatching, but are not ready for flight for 3 to 4 months. State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Official languages English Area 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 1,481,347 km²  - Water 236,507 km² (13. ... Binomial name Castor canadensis Kuhl, 1820 The American Beaver (Castor canadensis) is a large semi-aquatic rodent native to Canada, most of the United States and parts of northern Mexico. ... Binomial name Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus, 1766) The Muskrat or Musquash (Ondatra zibethicus), the only species in genus Ondatra, is a large aquatic rodent native to North America, and introduced in parts of Europe. ...

Natural populations of these swans migrate to the Pacific coast and northwestern United States, flying south in V-shaped flocks. Released populations are mostly non-migratory. // Long-distance land bird migration Many species of land birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the southern hemisphere. ... For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ...

These birds feed mainly on aquatic plants while swimming, sometimes tipping forward and extending the neck to reach submerged vegetation. In winter, they may also eat grasses and grains in fields. The young are fed insects and small crustaceans at first, changing to a plant diet over the first few months.

Adults go through a summer moult and they temporarily lose their flight feathers. The females become flightless shortly after the young hatch; the males go through this process about a month later when the females have completed their moult. In birds, moulting or molting is the routine shedding of old feathers. ...

This bird was named for its trumpet-like honk which some compare to the sound of a French horn. The E.B. White novel, The Trumpet of the Swan, is about a trumpeter swan which learns to play the trumpet in order to compensate for having been born mute. Trumpeter performing with the United States Air Forces in Europe Band The trumpet is the highest brass instrument in register, above the tuba, euphonium, trombone, sousaphone, and french horn. ... The horn is a brass instrument consisting of tubing wrapped into a coiled form. ... Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899–October 1, 1985) was an American essayist, author, and noted prose stylist. ... The Trumpet of the Swan is a childrens novel by E.B. White published in 1970. ...

Trumpeter Swans once bred in North America from Illinois west to Oregon in the U.S., and in Canada from James Bay to the Yukon, but persecution by humans reduced their numbers in the southern part of their range to near zero by the mid-twentieth century. Many thousands survived in Canada, however, where populations have since rebounded. The Trumpeter Swan has never been an endangered species. Efforts to reintroduce this bird into other parts of its original range have had only modest success, as suitable habitats have dwindled and the released birds do not undertake migrations.

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