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The exotic Mute Swan is the elegant bird of Russian ballets and European fairy tales. This swan swims with its long neck curved into an S and often holds its wings raised slightly above its back.
Basic facts about Mute Swan: lifespan, distribution and habitat map, lifestyle and social behavior, mating habits, diet and nutrition, population size and status.
A third swan species, the Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), is not native to the Midwest. Close to a Trumpeter in size, the Mute Swan is easily distinguished from other swans by its orange bill and prominent black fleshy knob extending from the base of the bill to the forehead.
The range map depicts the boundary of the species' range, defined as the areas where the species is estimated to occur within at least one week within each season.
This swan swims with its long neck curved into an S and often holds its wings raised slightly above its back. Although they’re numerous and familiar in city parks and in bays and lakes in the Pacific Northwest, Great Lakes, Northeast, and Midatlantic, Mute Swans are not native to North America.
Data table and detailed info. Distribution map. Reference and further resources. Family: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans) Authority: (Gmelin, 1789) Red List Category.
Species names in all available languages; Language Common name; Afrikaans: Witswaan: Albanian: Mjelma me xhungë: Arabic: تم صامت: Armenian: Թշշան կարապ
