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

Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 cygnus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: mjellma qafëdrejtë; mjellmja; mjellna; shqitëza sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

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

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

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

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

English: whooper swan sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Whooper Swan sources: Charles Hussey

French: cygne chanteur sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

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

Galician: Eala ghlórach

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

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

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

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

Italian: cigno selvatico sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

Polish: łabędź krzykliwy sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: lebăda de iarnă sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ukrainian: Лебідь-кликун sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: alarch y gogledd

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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (164 publications)
GenBank (17 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:159089

Drs Cees Roselaar. Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96472