Mute swan (redirect from Cygnus olor)
The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurasia, and (as a rare winter...
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Swan (redirect from Cygnus (swan))
west-central U.S.) †Dwarf swan (Cygnus equitum) Bate 1916 sensu Livezey 1997 [Anser equitum (Bate 1916) Brodkorb 1964; Cygnus (Olor) equitum Bate 1916 sensu...
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Trumpeter swan (redirect from Olor buccinator)
mass, the heaviest flying bird in the world. Alongside the mute swan (Cygnus olor), Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus), kori bustard (Ardeotis kori)...
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that Cygnus olor is "not mute but lacks bugling call, merely honking, grunting, and hissing on occasion." However, the whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus), a...
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Cygnus falconeri is an extinct, very large swan known from Middle Pleistocene-aged deposits from Malta and Sicily. Its dimensions are described as exceeding...
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The Royal Swans are a flock of swans of two species—the mute swan (Cygnus olor) and the black swan (C. atratus)—the original six pairs of which were a...
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(Cygnus spp.) and geese during the breeding season, and are frequently driven off by these birds over territorial disputes. Mute swans (Cygnus olor) have...
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3 kg (38 lb). The heaviest single waterfowl ever recorded was a cob (Cygnus olor) from Poland which weighed 23 kg (51 lb), and was allegedly too heavy...
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Lesser rhea Rhea pennata 19.6 (43) 28.6 (63) 96 (3.2) No 11 Mute swan Cygnus olor 11.87 (26.2) 23 (51) 100-130 (3.3 - 4.3) Yes 12 Great bustard Otis tarda...
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birds native to Europe, its closest rival in mass being mute swans (Cygnus olor), which weighs on average around 10.1 kg (22 lb), followed closely by...
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