
Scientific Name: Cygnus buccinator
Abundance | |||
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Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter |
C | C | C | R |
Field Notes
- White body, wings, neck, head.
- Black bill.
- Black facial skin touches more of eye than in Tundra Swan.
- Large, long-necked waterbird with short legs and a short duck-like bill.
- Adult: Black bill, Culmen straight, Black of bill extends up to eye but does not encircle it.
- V shaped demarcation on forehead between black bill and white feathering.
- Black legs and feet.
- Entirely white plumage.
- Sexes similar.