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 LC    Black-necked Swan* Id (Atlas):
    Cygnus melancoryphus

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Cygnus melanocorypha [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Cygnus melanocoryphus [BirdLife International (2004)], Cygnus melanocoryphus [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Size
102 - 140 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Molina, 1782)

Range (Guide)
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Uruguay (B).

Vagrant to Antarctica.

Southern South America from Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Is north to central Chile and Paraguay; in winter north to Paraná, south-eastern Brazil.
 
Population
Estimated population is 26,000 - 100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

 
Black-necked Swan (Cygnus melancoryphus) [XC571008]
     by Cristian Pinto Fernandez from Estero San Sebasti\u00e1n, San Antonio, Regi\u00f3n de Valpara\u00edso, Chile (alarm call, call)

 
Black-necked Swan (Cygnus melancoryphus) [XC48076]
     by Peter Boesman from Yali, Chile (call, wings beats & call)

Subspecies
Believed to form a complex of species with Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) and Black Swan (Cygnus atratus).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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