Swan singer
Description
He measures between 140 and 165 cm. The plumage is entirely white, its yellow and black nozzle. The color of the nozzle distinguishes it from the other species of swan; the yellow is very wide and only the point of the nozzle is black contrary to the whistling Cygne whose nozzle is mainly black.
The distinction between the
swan singer and the Cygne of Bewick is more delicate, the yellow on the nozzle of the Cygne of Bewick being generally restricted to the nasal area.
The birds nourishing itself in ferruginous water often have the reddish tinted plumage.
Habitat
The
swan singer (
Cygnus cygnus ) niche mainly in the Arctic Tundra (
Russia,
Scandinavia,
Iceland) where he attends the water levels like the lakes or the ponds. In
France, it winters of small number in
Alsace and
Lorraine.
Biology
The cry is noisy, resembling blows of trumpet. The couples are permanent, the male and the female builds the nest together. The species is gregarious apart from the season of reproduction. It is nourished as well in water as on ground in particular in winter in the cereal fields.
It is a species much more apprehensive than the Cygne tuber.
Populations
The population is estimated at 180.000 individuals.
See too
Taxonomic references
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