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Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Cisne Silvador |
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Photo: G. Beaton
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A large, white waterbird with a long neck. Length: 120-150 cm.; weight: 4,300-9,600 g. Audio 2 (M. Oberle). Breeds on the Arctic tundra of Alaska, Canada and Eurasia. Accidental in wetlands of Puerto Rico. The Black Swan, Cygnus atratus, of Australia is occasionally displayed at hotel or golf course ponds, but does not breed in the wild in Puerto Rico. It is mostly black with a red bill. TAXONOMY: ANSERIFORMES; ANATIDAE; Anserinae. Formerly called the Whistling Swan. |
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Immature - Photo: D. Roberson |
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References Bent, A.C. 1923. Life histories of North American wild fowl, part 1. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 126. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1962). del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1992. Handbook of Birds of the World, Vol. 1. Ostrich to ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ehrlich, P.R., D.S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birderÆs handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds. Simon and Schuster/Fireside, NY. Limpert, R. J., and S. L. Earnst. 1994. Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus columbianus). No. 89 in The birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, PA, and Am. Ornithol. Union, Washington, D.C. Madge, S. and H. Burn. 1988. Wildfowl: an identification guide to the ducks, geese, and swans of the world. C. Helm, London. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guía a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR. Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton. http://www.taiga.net/swans/swanid.html Tundra Swan, Spanish textNext related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |
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