#1066 · 🐦 birds

Trumpeter Swan

🇳🇱 Trompetzwaan ·Cygnus buccinator

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The trumpeter swan ( Cygnus buccinator ) is a species of swan found in North America. 0 m). It is the American counterpart and a close relative of the whooper swan ( Cygnus cygnus ) of Eurasia, and even has been considered the same species by some authorities. By 1933, fewer than 70 wild trumpeters were known...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 52,315iNaturalist observations
weight 11.4 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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
52,315 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs up to about 11.4 kg.
Scientifically named by John Richardson in 1832 (194 years ago).