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Cygnus columbianus bewickii (Bewick's swan)

Synonyms: Cygnus bewickii (homotypic); Olor bewickii

Wikipedia Abstract

The tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) is a small Holarctic swan. The two taxa within it are usually regarded as conspecific, but are also sometimes 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 Taimyr Peninsula) are sometimes separated as the subspecies C. c. jankowskii, but this is not widely accepted as distinct, most authors including them in C. c. bewickii. Tundra swans are sometimes separated in the genus Olor together with the other Arctic swan species.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  13.338 lbs (6.05 kg)
Female Weight [1]  12.566 lbs (5.70 kg)
Male Weight [1]  14.11 lbs (6.40 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  12.3 %
Clutch Size [2]  5

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1Hickling, R. (Ed.) (1983) Enjoying Ornithology. T & AD Poyser, Calton
2A comparative study of egg mass and clutch size in the Anseriformes, Jordi Figuerola and Andy J. Green, J Ornithol (2006) 147: 57–68
3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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