Trumpeter swan facts for kids
| Trumpeter swan | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Subfamily: | Anserinae |
| Tribe: | Cygnini |
| Genus: | Cygnus |
| Species: | C. buccinator |
| Binomial name | |
| Cygnus buccinator Richardson, 1832 |
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The trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) is the largest species of swan. It is found in North America.
Images for kids
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Juvenile at the Cincinnati Zoo
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Plate 406 of the Birds of America by John James Audubon, depicting the trumpeter swan
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Approximate summer range of the three regional populations of trumpeter swans in North America
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In winter, they may eat crop remnants in agricultural fields, but more commonly they feed while swimming
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Trumpeter swan brood
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Three flying in Missouri
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Mated pair on a lake, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
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Its black bill is useful in distinguishing the trumpeter swan from the introduced Mute swan.
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