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What the Trumpeter Swan sounds like
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The trumpeter swan is the largest extant species of waterfowl, and both the heaviest and longest native bird of North America. Adults usually measure 138–165 cm (4 ft 6 in – 5 ft 5 in) long, though large males can exceed 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) in total length. The weight of adult birds is typically 7–13.6 kg (15–30 lb). Possibly due to seasonal variation based on food access and variability due to age, average weights in males have been reported to range from 10.9 to 12.7 kg (24 to 28 lb) and from 9.4 to 10.3 kg (21 to 23 lb) in females.
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When to see the Trumpeter Swan
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Trumpeter Swan
The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 4 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Netherlands.
About the Trumpeter Swan
The trumpeter swan, or simply the trumpeter, is a species of swan found in North America. The heaviest living bird native to North America, it is also the largest extant species of waterfowl, with a wingspan of 185 to 304.8 cm. It is the American counterpart and a close relative of the whooper swan of Eurasia and has even been considered the same species by some authorities. By 1933, fewer than 70 wild individuals were known to exist; extinction seemed imminent until aerial surveys discovered a Pacific population of several thousand trumpeter swans around Alaska's Copper River.
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Easily confused with
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusC. columbianus is the smallest of the Holarctic swans, at 115–150 cm (45–59 in) in length, 168–211 cm (66–83 in) in wingspan and a weight range of 3.4–9.6 kg (7.5–21.2 lb).
Black SwanCygnus atratusBlack swans are black-feathered birds, with white flight feathers.
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusThe whooper swan is similar in appearance to Bewick's swan.
Side by side: Mute Swan vs Trumpeter Swan · Trumpeter Swan vs Whooper Swan · Trumpeter Swan vs Tundra Swan · Black Swan vs Trumpeter Swan · Black-necked Swan vs Trumpeter Swan
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