C.c. beweckii recorded in Gloucestershire, England
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Anseriformes
Family:
Anatidae
Genus:
Cygnus
Species:
C. columbianus
Binomial name
Cygnus columbianus
(Ord, 1815)
Subspecies[2]
C. c. bewickii (Yarrell, 1830), Bewick's swan C. c. columbianus (Ord, 1815), whistling swan
Synonyms[2]
Anas columbianus Ord, 1815
Anas spec Ord, 1815
Cygnus colombianus (Ord, 1815)
Cygnus minor Yarrell
Olor columbianus (Ord, 1815)
The tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) is a small swan of the Holarctic. The two taxa within it are usually regarded as conspecific, but are also sometimes[3][4] split into two species: Bewick's swan (Cygnus bewickii) of the Palaearctic and the whistling swan (C. columbianus) proper of the Nearctic. Birds from eastern Russia (roughly east of the Taymyr Peninsula) are sometimes separated as the subspecies C. c. jankowskii, but this is not widely accepted as distinct, with most authors including them in C. c. bewickii. Tundra swans are sometimes separated in the subgenus Olor together with the other Arctic swan species.
Bewick's swan was named in 1830 by William Yarrell after the engraver Thomas Bewick, who specialised in illustrations of birds and animals.[5]Cygnus is the Latin for "swan", and columbianus comes from the Columbia River, the type locality.[6]
^BirdLife International (2016). "Cygnus columbianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22679862A89644875. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679862A89644875.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ ab"Cygnus columbianus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
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^Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 114, 128. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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swan and tundraswan are wholly migratory, and the trumpeter swans are almost entirely migratory. There is some evidence that the black-necked swan is...
whooper swans appear to be represented in ancient Greek and Egyptian art. The whooper swan's nearest relatives, the trumpeter and tundraswans, share its...
[citation needed] The mute swan is less vocal than the noisy whooper and tundraswans; they do, however, make a variety of sounds, often described as "grunting...
grizzly bear, moose, black bear, two species of fox, snow goose, beaver, tundraswan, caribou, marten, Canada goose, river otter, Canadian lynx, raven, porcupine...
were killed, which greatly contributed to the decline of trumpeter and tundraswans to the point where they were very scarce in the interior of North America...
marbled godwit, snowy plover, western sandpiper, long-billed dowitcher, tundraswan, American white pelican, white-faced ibis, California gull, eared grebe...
including the American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), the tundraswan (Cygnus columbianus columbianus), the endangered California condor (Gymnogyps...
It is a refuge for many migratory bird species, including snow geese, tundraswans. marsh birds, wood ducks, owls, and hawks. Other species that inhabit...
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northern pintail and tundraswan, lesser and greater sandhill crane, snow goose and Ross’ goose. Ducks, grebes, pelicans and trumpeter swans are drawn to the...
January 2015). "Estimation of nutrient input by a migratory bird, the TundraSwan (Cygnus columbianus), to winter-flooded paddy fields". Agriculture, Ecosystems...
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peninsula. The peninsula is notably an attractive nesting place for Siberian tundraswan. The Natsudomari Peninsula is bordered by Mutsu Bay to the east and north...
pine grosbeaks, and northern wheatears, as well as ptarmigan and the tundraswan. Raptors include a variety of hawks, owls, and gyrfalcons, as well as...
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