Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Anseriformes > Family Anatidae > Genus Cygnus

Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Anas Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cygnus*	Bartram, 1791	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anas columbianus*	Ord, 1815	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): dvergsvane sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Тундров лебед sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: pibesvane sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: fluitzwaan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Bewick's swan; Bewic's swan; tundra swan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Bewic's Swan; Tundra Swan sources: Charles Hussey

French: cygne siffleur sources: Avibase - the world bird database

Gaelic: eala Bhewick sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Eala Bhewick

German: Pfeifschwan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Νανόκυκνος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Eala Bhewick sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): ברבור קטן sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: mažoji gulbė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: dvergsvane sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: dvergsvane sources: Geogr. [Guthrie] ed. 2 (Am.) 2 p. 319

Norwegian Nynorsk: dvergsvane sources: Geogr. [Guthrie] ed. 2 (Am.) 2 p. 319

Nynorsk (Norwegian): dvergsvane sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: łabędź czarnodzioby; Łabędź krótkodzioby sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: американский лебедь sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: eala Bhewick sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: mali labod sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: cisne chico sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: mindre sångsvan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kucuk kugu; küçük kuğu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Американський лебідь; Лебідь американський

Literature

basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (18 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (125 publications)
Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159088

Drs Cees Roselaar. Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96471