Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (48)
- Monotypic
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 15, 2016
Text last updated August 15, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Singswaan |
| Albanian | Mjelma qafëdrejtë |
| Arabic | تم صافر |
| Armenian | Ճչան կարապ |
| Asturian | Cisne glayador |
| Azerbaijani | Harayçı qu |
| Basque | Beltxarga oihularia |
| Bulgarian | Поен лебед |
| Catalan | cigne cantaire |
| Chinese | 黃嘴天鵝 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 大天鵝 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 大天鹅 |
| Croatian | žutokljuni labud |
| Czech | labuť zpěvná |
| Danish | Sangsvane |
| Dutch | Wilde Zwaan |
| English | Whooper Swan |
| English (United States) | Whooper Swan |
| Faroese | Svanur |
| Finnish | laulujoutsen |
| French | Cygne chanteur |
| French (France) | Cygne chanteur |
| Galician | Cisne bravo |
| German | Singschwan |
| Greek | Αγριόκυκνος |
| Hebrew | ברבור שר |
| Hungarian | Énekes hattyú |
| Icelandic | Álft |
| Italian | Cigno selvatico |
| Japanese | オオハクチョウ |
| Korean | 큰고니 |
| Latvian | Ziemeļu gulbis |
| Lithuanian | Gulbė giesmininkė |
| Mongolian | Гангар хун |
| Norwegian | sangsvane |
| Persian | قوی فریادکش |
| Polish | łabędź krzykliwy |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Cisne-bravo |
| Romanian | Lebădă de iarnă |
| Russian | Лебедь-кликун |
| Serbian | Veliki labud |
| Slovak | labuť spevavá |
| Slovenian | Labod pevec |
| Spanish | Cisne Cantor |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cisne cantor |
| Swedish | sångsvan |
| Turkish | Ötücü Kuğu |
| Ukrainian | Лебідь-кликун |
Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Anas Cygnus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.122.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Restricted type locality, Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CYGNUS
- cygnus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Whooper Swan
