#0662 · 🐦 birds

Black Swan

🇳🇱 Zwarte Zwaan ·Cygnus atratus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

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what is it?

The black swan ( Cygnus atratus ) is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. A New Zealand subspecies was apparently hunted to extinction by Māori, but the species was reintroduced to New Zealand in the 1860s. Within Australia they are nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent upon climatic conditions. Black swans are large birds with mostly black plumage and red bills. They are monogamous breeders. Male...

base stats

NL sightings 249iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 40,807iNaturalist observations
weight 6.2 kgadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).