Whooper swan Cygnus cygnus Least concern
Where the whooper swan lives – recorded in 42 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.
Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 1,730,437 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See ducks, geese & swans on the world map
| Scientific name | Cygnus cygnus |
|---|---|
| Group | Ducks, geese & swans |
| Status | Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label) |
| Found in | 42 countries |
| Continents | Asia, Europe, North America |
| Mass | 331 g (birth weight); 14 kg (male organism, adult weight); 8.75 kg (female organism, adult weight) |
| Class | Bird |
| Order | Anseriformes |
| Family | Anatidae |
Where does the whooper swan live?
Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the whooper swan in 42 countries and territories across Asia, Europe and North America. In Belgium, United Kingdom it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).
- Sweden
- Norway
- Finland
- United Kingdom (introduced)
- Iceland
- Germany
- Russia
- Japan
- Denmark
- Ireland
- Poland
- Belgium (introduced)
- Mongolia
- South Korea
- France
- Lithuania
- Netherlands
- United States
- China
- Estonia
- Ukraine
- Belarus
- Åland Islands
- Switzerland
- Kazakhstan
- Latvia
- Spain
- Chinese Taipei
- Turkey
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic
- Canada
- Austria
- Faroe Islands
- Greece
- Romania
- Isle of Man
- Azerbaijan
- Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Hungary
- Moldova
- Kyrgyzstan
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 whooper swan?
Wikidata records the following for the whooper swan: mass 331 g (birth weight); 14 kg (male organism, adult weight); 8.75 kg (female organism, adult weight).
Is the whooper swan endangered?
The whooper swan’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the whooper swan?
The whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) is a bird in the order Anseriformes and the family Anatidae, genus Cygnus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)
About the whooper swan
The whooper swan (/ˈhuːpə(ɹ) swɒn/ "hooper swan"; Cygnus cygnus), is a large northern hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American trumpeter swan.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Whooper swan (revision 1366800487), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q25612 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).
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