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Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus · Family Anatidae
Cygnus cygnus
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,234,594
- Countries and territories with records
- 73
About this species
This species has 2,234,594 occurrence records from 73 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (53.2%), Denmark (15%), Norway (11.7%), Finland (5.7%) and the Netherlands (2.5%); together they account for 88.1% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 1.2% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Cygnus cygnus combines the genus name Cygnus with the species epithet cygnus. 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 columbianus and Cygnus buccinator.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 26th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 1.8 times the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.