tundra swan
Aves > Anseriformes > Anatidae
Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815)
Photographer: Terry Spivey, USDA Forest Service
Descriptor: Adult(s)
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Terry Spivey, USDA Forest Service, www.forestryimages.org
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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 (Cygnus columbianus) proper of the Nearctic.