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Trumpeter Swan |
| Cygnus buccinator |
| Taxonomy |
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| Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator), |
The Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) was registered by Richardson in 1831. |
The Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) in the Animal Kingdom |
Classification |
Name |
Notes |
Kingdom |
Animalia |
Animals: Multicelular systems that feed by ingestion. |
Subkingdom |
Eumetazoa |
Animals with bodies made of two or more symmetrical sides. |
Branch |
Bilateria |
Body with two symmetrical opposing sides. |
Phylum |
Chordata |
Chordates |
Subphylum |
Vertebrata |
Vertebrates |
Superclass |
Gnathostomata |
Vertebrates with jaws. |
Class |
Aves |
Birds: Vertebrates with feathers. |
Superorder |
Neognathae |
Birds of Flight |
Order |
Anseriformes |
Waterfowl & Screamers |
Family |
Anatidae |
Waterfowl |
Subfamily |
Anserinae |
Swans & Geese |
Tribe |
Cygnini |
Swans |
Genus |
Cygnus |
Swans |
Species |
Cygnus buccinator |
Trumpeter Swan |
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The Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) has no recognized subspecies. |
In captivity, and possibly in the wild, this swan mixes with the Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus columbianus). |
There are four populations of the Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator), three of them show genetic differences among themselves. The fourth one is of reintroduced birds. (please see Pelizza y Britten, 2002). |
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