black swan (Cygnus atratus)

Query: birds of australia

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Subject:	black swan (Cygnus atratus)
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Cygnus atratus - 1825-1834 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ17600243.jpg

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black swan (Cygnus atratus)

Artist Paul Louis Oudart (1796–1860)
Creator:C. Motte
Description
Cygnus atratus
Date 1825-1834
Source/Photographer Vieillot, La galerie des oiseaux, pl. 286
Old Latin name Cygnus atratus
New Latin name Cygnus atratus
Common name Nederlands: Zwarte zwaan
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cygnus_atratus_-_1825-1834_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ17600243.tif

The black swan (Cygnus atratus) is a large waterbird, a species of swan, which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. Black swans are large birds with mostly black plumage and red bills. The black swan is common in the wetlands of southwestern and eastern Australia and adjacent coastal islands.

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