Tundra Swan  on nest

Query: Cygnus bewickii

Result: 34^th of 38

Tundra Swan  on nest - Alaska

Subject:	Tundra Swan on nest - Alaska
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Tundra Swan on nest - Alaska

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Metadata
Title: Tundra Swan on Nest
Creator: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Source: AK/RO/01850
Contributor: ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR-EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Rights: (public domain)
Subject: Species Animals Birds Waterfowl Alaska Slide Show

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.

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How peaceful!!!

Cygnus bewickii
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