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Black Swan, Bundaberg, Queensland
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Bundaberg, Queensland
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Currumbin Sanctuary, Gold Coast, Australia.
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Black Swan
Photograph copyright: Nickolay Tilcheff - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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BLACK SWAN FACTS |
Description
The Black Swan is a large water bird with all black plumage, except for the red bill, dark grey legs and white tips of the wing feathers. Both sexes are similar, with female slightly smaller and lighter than a male. The cygnets have light grey plumage.
Size
1.0 - 1.3m in body length. Wing span 1.6-2.0m
Habitat
Large open waters, flooded pasture, permanent swamps.
Food
mainly water plants
Breeding
nests on large mounds build in the middle of a shallow lake. They reuse the same nest each year. 4-7 greenish white eggs.
Range
common in well watered parts of southeast and southwest of Australia.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Anseriformes | | Family: | Anatidae | | Genus: | Cygnus | | Species: | atratus | | Common Name: | Black Swan |
Relatives in same Genus
Mute Swan (C. olor)
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