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

Cygnus olor (Gmelin, 1789)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cygnus*	Bartram, 1791	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: mjellma me xhungë 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): knoppsvane sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Dutch: knobbelzwaan

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

English-United States: Mute Swan sources: Charles Hussey

French: cygne tuberculé 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 bhalbh sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Eala bhalbh

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: knoppsvane sources: Syst. Nat. 1 pt 2 p. 501

Norwegian Nynorsk: knoppsvane sources: Syst. Nat. 1 pt 2 p. 501

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Welsh: alarch dof

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	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web.
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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (26 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (851 publications)
Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Cygnus olor (Gmelin, 1789). 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:159090