Least ConcernMute Swan
Cygnus olor
45 countries132 parks
Species group · Birds
WAnimals has 5 species of swan, in the family Anatidae.
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 5.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Recorded in 64 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
It is one of the heaviest flying birds in the world.
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Contrary to popular belief, pairs do not always stay together for life.
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It can swim and feed itself shortly after hatching.
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It is the only representative of the genus Cygnus in South America.
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It filters water by putting its bill into shallow areas and opening and closing it slightly to make the water circulate through it.
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The young climb onto the adults' backs and hide under a wing when there is danger, a behaviour that is more frequent in this species than in the black swan.
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Overhunting destroyed its traditional southward migration routes, and today almost the whole continental population winters in Greater Yellowstone regardless of where it breeds in summer.
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It has been translocated from the Red Rock Lakes refuge in Montana to other national refuges to restore its historic distribution.
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