Sponsor This Category Free for 60 Days - Customize your message and appear alongside search results. Start your Free Trial today!    
Category Description:
 

Swans are members of the Order Anseriformes, also called Waterfowl.

Details listed here include physical characteristics, diet, feeding behavior, range, habitat, flight, migration, reproduction, development, classification, other names, threats, status, and conservation.

  • All About Birds: Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  - Cornell Lab of Ornithology reports description, similar species, general facts, range, habitat, food, behavior, reproduction, and status. Offers images, audio, and map of range.
  • All About Birds: Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)  - Data, in summary and detail, reviews size and appearance, sound, status, other names, seasonal range and habitat, diet, foraging, images, audio, and map of locations.
  • Animal Diversity: Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)  - Explains native and introduced ranges, size, relatives, mating and courting habits, colonies, communication, foods, known predators, and economic importance.
  • Black Swan  - Looks at scientific classification, physical appearance, diet, range, habitat, fun facts, threats, and impact on the ecosystem. From SeaWorld.org Animal Bytes.
  • CyberZoo: Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)  - Gives general information, interesting facts, biome, diet, adaptations, diagram of food web, and environmental change.
  • Enchanted Learning: Black Swan  - Printable coloring page accompanies location, names, anatomy, diet, eggs and nests information.
  • Enchanted Learning: Trumpeter Swan  - Labeled coloring page shows flying and swimming swans. Details cover range, lifespan, names, anatomy, diet and feeding behavior, mating, and nests.
  • Honolulu Zoo: Black Swan  - Presents physical characteristics, native distribution, molting, communication, flight, sounds, diet, reproduction, and growth.
  • Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  - University of Michigan Museum of Zoology reports introduced and native locations, common habitat, size, parenting, swimming behavior, noises, diet, ecosystem role, and conservation details.
  • National Zoo: Trumpeter Swan  - Fact sheet contains physical description, sounds, location of main populations, summer and winter habitats, diet, mating habits, nests, young, threats, and restoration efforts.
  • Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)  - Details from TheBIGZoo cover images, taxonomy, length and weight, physical description, sounds, adaptations, molting, diet variety, predators, flocks, and mating.
  • Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)  - Cornell bird guide describes this all-white bird, including measurements, shape, similar species, various facts, range, habitat, diet, behavior, clutch size, and other names.
  • Wildfacts: Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  - BBC Nature looks at lifespan, physical statistics and description, locations, habitat, diet, behavior, reproduction, conservation status, and voice.
 
 
 
About | Help | Archive | Terms | Privacy | Affiliate Program