Trumpeter swan: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the trumpeter swan lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Cygnus buccinator
Group	Ducks, geese & swans
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America
Mass	11.4 kg (male organism, adult weight); 10.3 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Anseriformes
Family	Anatidae

Where does the trumpeter swan live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the trumpeter swan in 2 countries and territories across North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a trumpeter swan?

Wikidata records the following for the trumpeter swan: mass 11.4 kg (male organism, adult weight); 10.3 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the trumpeter swan endangered?

The trumpeter swan’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the trumpeter swan?

The trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) is a bird in the order Anseriformes and the family Anatidae, genus Cygnus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the trumpeter swan

The trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator), or simply the trumpeter, is a species of swan found in North America. The heaviest living bird native to North America, it is also the largest extant species of waterfowl, with a wingspan of 185 to 304.8 cm (6 ft 2 in to 10 ft 2 in). It is the American counterpart and a close relative of the whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) of Eurasia and has even been considered the same species by some authorities. By 1933, fewer than 70 wild individuals were known to exist; extinction seemed imminent until aerial surveys discovered a Pacific population of several thousand trumpeter swans around Alaska's Copper River. Careful reintroductions by wildlife agencies and the Trumpeter Swan Society gradually restored the North American wild population to over 46,000 birds by 2010.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Trumpeter swan (revision 1380709455), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q733375 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).