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Mute Swan
Cygnus olor · Family Anatidae
Cygnus olor
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 6,734,875
- Countries and territories with records
- 99
About this species
This species has 6,734,875 occurrence records from 99 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (22.7%), Sweden (14.4%), the Netherlands (12.1%), the United Kingdom (10.9%) and Denmark (10.1%); together they account for 70.2% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.14% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Cygnus olor combines the genus name Cygnus with the species epithet olor. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Cygnus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Cygnus cygnus, Cygnus columbianus and Cygnus buccinator.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 5.3 times the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.