- The
mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a
species of
swan and a
member of the
waterfowl family Anatidae. It is
native to much of Eurasia, and (as a rare winter...
-
mute swan, has been
introduced to
North America,
Australia and New Zealand.
Several species are migratory,
either wholly or
partly so. The
mute swan is...
- its bulk. The
adult trumpeter swan's plumage is
entirely white. Like
mute swan cygnets, the
cygnets of the
trumpeter swan have
light grey
plumage and pinkish...
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reckless Phaethon. The most
familiar European swan, the
mute swan (Cygnus olor),
although not
actually mute, is
known neither for
musicality nor to vocalize...
-
Swan upping is an
annual ceremony in
England in
which mute swans on the
River Thames are
rounded up, caught, ringed, and then released. By prerogative...
- The
whooper swan (/ˈhuːpə(ɹ)
swɒn/ "hooper
swan";
Cygnus cygnus), also
known as the
common swan, is a
large northern hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian...
- The
swan dress is a
dress resembling a
mute swan designed by
Marjan Pejoski and worn by the
Icelandic artist Björk at the 73rd
Academy Awards on March...
- of the
whistling swan take
about 60–75 days to fledge—twice as fast as
those of the
mute swan for example—while
those of Bewick's
swan,
about which little...
- The
Royal Swans are a
flock of
swans of two species—the
mute swan (Cygnus olor) and the
black swan (C. atratus)—the
original six
pairs of
which were a...
- The
Threatened Swan (Dutch: De
bedreigde zwaan) is an oil
painting of a
mute swan made
around 1650 by
Dutch Golden Age
painter Jan ****elijn. The work is...
