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Bewick's Swan* |
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Cygnus bewickii |
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Description (10)
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Bewick's Swan
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Other Names (World)
Bewick's Swan, Tundra Swan, Tame Swan
Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)
Size
115 - 140 cm
Wingspan: 170 - 195 cm
First Described (Guide)
Yarrell, 1830
Habitat
Breeds on remote tundra. Overwinters on flood meadows, saltmarshes and shallow lakes.
Austria (NB), Azerbaijan (NB), Belgium (NB), Bulgaria (NB), Canada (B) (NB) (P), China (mainland), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska), Cuba, Czech Republic (NB), Denmark (NB) (P), Estonia (NB) (P), Finland (P), France (NB) (P), Germany (NB) (P), Greece (NB), Greenland (B), Hungary (NB), Iceland, India, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (NB), Iraq (NB), Ireland (NB), Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia (NB) (P), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Lithuania (B) (NB) (P), Luxembourg, Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (NB), Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands (NB), North Korea, Norway (NB), Oman, Pakistan, Poland (NB) (P), Puerto Rico, Romania (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B) (P), Russia (European) (B) (NB) (P), Serbia, Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (NB), Slovenia, South Korea, Sweden (NB) (P), Switzerland (NB), Taiwan (China), Turkey (NB), Turkmenistan, Ukraine (NB), United Kingdom (NB), USA (B).
Vagrant to Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Belarus, Bermuda, Gibraltar, Guam, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Northern Mariana Islands, Portugal, Spain (NB), St Pierre and Miquelon (P), United Arab Emirates, Virgin Islands (U.S.).
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Kola Peninsula eastern throughout arctic northern Siberia. Winters in western Europe, south of Caspian Sea and eastern China, Korea and Japan.
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Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 300,000 (2010).
Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Roots, shoots, aquatic plants and grain.
Voice
Variesm soft and loud, far-carrying, musical bugling calls.
Nest
Mound of vegetation on a hummock.
Eggs (Guide)
3 - 5; creamy-white.
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus).
No subspecies.
References
See References.
The Reader's Digest Book of British Birds 1980, 3rd Edition, Drive Publications Ltd ISBN 0 340 25308 8
Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7
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