Listen to the Trumpeter swan
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About the Trumpeter swan
The Trumpeter swan is a bird in the family Anatidae (order Anseriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 2.5 m and weigh around 11.4 kg.
What does the Trumpeter swan sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator), or simply the trumpeter, is a species of swan found in North America. The heaviest living bird native to North America, it is also the largest extant species of waterfowl, with a wingspan of 185 to 304.8 cm (6 ft 2 in to 10 ft 2 in). It is the American counterpart and a close relative of the whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) of Eurasia and has even been considered the same species by some authorities. By 1933, fewer than 70 wild individuals were known to exist; extinction seemed imminent until aerial surveys discovered a Pacific population of several thousand trumpeter swans around Alaska's Copper River. Careful reintroductions by wildlife agencies and the Trumpeter Swan Society gradually restored the North American wild population to over 46,000 birds by 2010.
Related birds in the genus Cygnus
More from the family Anatidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Trumpeter swan sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Trumpeter swan on this page, including its call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Trumpeter swan endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Trumpeter swan as “least concern”.
What family does the Trumpeter swan belong to?
The Trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) belongs to the family Anatidae in the order Anseriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Rapids Lake Unit, Minnesota Valley NWR, Carver County… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Minnesota Valley NWR, Old Cedar Ave Bridge, Hennepin… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q733375 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Trumpeter swan – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo – Public domain