Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Anseriformes > Anatidae > Cygnus > Cygnus buccinatorCygnus buccinator (Trumpeter Swan)Synonyms: Olar buccinator; Olor buccinator Language: French; Spanish The trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) 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 that may exceed 10 ft (3.0 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 to exist, and extinction seemed imminent, until aerial surveys discovered a Pacific population of several thousand trumpeters around Alaska's Copper River. Careful reintroductions by wildlife agencies and the Trumpeter Swan Society gradually restored the North American wild population to over 46,000 birds by 2010. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.17342 EDGE Score: 1.82025 |
Adult Weight [1] | 23.755 lbs (10.775 kg) | Birth Weight [3] | 220 grams | Female Weight [5] | 22.708 lbs (10.30 kg) | Male Weight [5] | 26.235 lbs (11.90 kg) | Weight Dimorphism [5] | 15.5 % | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Breeding Habitat [2] | Freshwater marshes, Boreal forests | Wintering Geography [2] | Northern U.S./Canada | Wintering Habitat [2] | Wetlands, Agricultural | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Diet [4] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore, Herbivore | Diet - Invertibrates [4] | 10 % | Diet - Plants [4] | 70 % | Diet - Seeds [4] | 20 % | Forages - Water Surface [4] | 100 % | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Clutch Size [6] | 6 | Clutches / Year [3] | 1 | Fledging [1] | 3 months 9 days | Global Population (2017 est.) [2] | 31,000 | Incubation [3] | 35 days | Maximum Longevity [3] | 33 years | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 5.215 feet (159 cm) | Wing Span [7] | 8.036 feet (2.45 m) | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Female Maturity [3] | 2 years | Male Maturity [3] | 2 years |
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Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Alaska-St. Elias Range tundra |
United States |
Nearctic |
Tundra |
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Alberta Mountain forests |
Canada |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Alberta-British Columbia foothills forests |
Canada |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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British Columbia mainland coastal forests |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Central British Columbia Mountain forests |
Canada |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Central Pacific coastal forests |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Cook Inlet taiga |
United States |
Nearctic |
Boreal Forests/Taiga |
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Copper Plateau taiga |
United States |
Nearctic |
Boreal Forests/Taiga |
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Interior Alaska-Yukon lowland taiga |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Boreal Forests/Taiga |
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Montana Valley and Foothill grasslands |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Nebraska Sand Hills mixed grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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North Central Rockies forests |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Northern Pacific coastal forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Northern short grasslands |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Okanagan dry forests |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Pacific Coastal Mountain icefields and tundra |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Tundra |
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Palouse grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Puget lowland forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Queen Charlotte Islands |
Canada |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Snake-Columbia shrub steppe |
United States |
Nearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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South Central Rockies forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Western short grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge |
Ib |
12402936 |
Alaska, United States |
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Badlands National Park |
II |
178535 |
South Dakota, United States |
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Bonanza Creek LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research |
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Alaska, United States |
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California Coast Ranges Biosphere Reserve |
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153447 |
California, United States |
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Cedar Creek LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research |
IV |
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Minnesota, United States |
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Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve |
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864738 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Curecanti National Recreation Area |
V |
31032 |
Colorado, United States |
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Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge |
Ia |
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Idaho, United States |
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Denali Biosphere Reserve |
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1932364 |
Alaska, United States |
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Elk Island National Park |
II |
47171 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Gates of the Arctic National Park |
Ib |
184461 |
Alaska, United States |
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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve |
Ib |
591068 |
Alaska, United States |
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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area |
V |
1087901 |
Arizona, Utah, United States |
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Grand Teton National Park |
II |
231724 |
Wyoming, United States |
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Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve |
II |
366714 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Horicon National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
21369 |
Wisconsin, United States |
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Jasper National Park |
II |
2776809 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Kellogg Biological Station LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research |
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Michigan, United States |
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Kluane National Park and Reserve National Park Reserve |
II |
5463436 |
Yukon, Canada |
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Lake Chelan National Recreation Area |
II |
606367 |
Washington, United States |
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Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve |
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293047 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Nahanni National Park Reserve |
II |
1309627 |
Northwest Territories, Canada |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Noatak Biosphere Reserve |
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7500143 |
Alaska, United States |
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Olympic Biosphere Reserve |
II |
922805 |
Washington, United States |
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Pacific Rim National Park Reserve |
II |
137900 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Point Reyes National Seashore |
II |
27068 |
California, United States |
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Redwood National Park |
II |
77867 |
California, United States |
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Saint Croix International Historic Site |
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Maine, United States |
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Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
23844 |
Oklahoma, United States |
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Sevilleta LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research |
IV |
228335 |
New Mexico, United States |
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Tawas Point State Park |
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183 |
Michigan, United States |
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Waterton Biosphere Reserve |
II |
121459 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve |
Ib |
2476446 |
Alaska, United States |
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Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve |
II |
2196863 |
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States |
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Yoho National Park |
II |
317576 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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![](/img/rangekey.png) Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018. ♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 5Mitchell, CD 1994. Trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator). In: Poole A, Gill F, editors. The birds of North America, No.105. Washington DC: Academy of Natural Sciences and Philadelphia, PA: American Ornithologists' Union. p. 1–24 ♦ 6Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 7del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 8SPECIES ASSESSMENT FOR THE TRUMPETER SWAN (CYGNUS BUCCINATOR) IN WYOMING, AMBER TRAVSKY AND DR. GARY P. BEAUVAIS, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, October 2004 ♦ 9Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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