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Black Swan
Cygnus atratus · Family Anatidae
Cygnus atratus
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 867,607
- Countries and territories with records
- 84
About this species
This species has 867,607 occurrence records from 84 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Australia (77%), New Zealand (9.7%), the Netherlands (5.2%), Belgium (1.7%) and France (1.4%); together they account for 95.1% of the total. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.61% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Cygnus atratus combines the genus name Cygnus with the species epithet atratus. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Cygnus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Cygnus olor, Cygnus cygnus and Cygnus columbianus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 45th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 68.3% of the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.