Mute Swan pair & cygnets (Cygnus olor) {!--혹고니--> Mute swans with 8 cygnets. Mute swans are an agressive invasive species. There are now over 3,000 mute swans in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay.
Image ID: line0674, America's Coastlines Collection
Location: Lower Patuxent River, Maryland
Photo Date: 1999 May 22
Photographer: Mary Hollinger, NODC biologist, NOAA
Source:
The NOAA Photo Library http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) http://www.noaa.gov/
The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. Cygnus olor is native to much of Eurasia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. Cygnus olor is an introduced species in North America, Australasia and southern Africa. The name 'mute' derives from it being less vocal than other swan species.
