Cygnus cygnus can be considered a swan among swans, the type species, hence archetype, of all swans. It is also a swan of superlatives. With a population of about 180,000, the whooper, though ...

This would be a serious threat to California's two native swan species, the tundra swan and trumpeter swan, with the tundra being especially vulnerable, as it is much smaller than a mute swan.

A press release from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR): Every fall, officials with the DNR warns waterfowl hunters to avoid mistakenly shooting trumpeter swans. Notices are ...

Tundra swans are often confused with trumpeter swans, and indeed the two species are very similar in appearance. They are most easily distinguished by their calls. Tundra swans winter on the water ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Bird flu cases are on the rise across the country, putting Lakeland's beloved swan population at risk. Betty ...

The Anatidae are the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a ... The family contains around 146 species in 40 genera. They are generally herbivorous ...

First of all, the swans and all the species that migrate, some of them used to migrate in the Danube Delta. Given that the damming of the Olt River created some slow-water habitats, the birds found ...