Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus

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>> GENERAL >>>>>

– very large waterbird, much larger than Greylag Goose
– diurnal/nocturnal migrant
– migrates in pairs or in small to medium flocks in formation
– very vocal

>> VISUAL ID >>>>>

BIF379_MPU_PUM1616_120214_wswan_d_havelland
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, AD, 1CY
BIF0379, 14/02/2012, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF380_MPU_PUM1984_120216_wswan_mswan_d_havelland
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, AD
Mute Swan Cygnus olor, AD
BIF0380, 16/02/2012, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze


Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, AD, 2CY
BIF2897, 10/02/2018, Stolzenhagen, Germany, Roland Neumann

BIF381_MPU_I8Z9309_100305_wswan_d_wittenberg
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, AD, 2CY
BIF0381, 05/03/2010, Wittenberg, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF382_MPU_I8Z2832_100324_wswan_mswan_d_baltic-sea
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, AD, 2CY
Mute Swan Cygnus olor, AD
BIF0382, 24/03/2010, Baltic Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF800-2_MPU_I1Q1619_130305_bswan-FL_wswan-FL_glgoo-2_d_north-sea
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
Greylag Goose Anser a. anser
BIF0800, 05/03/2013, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>

– variety of variable calls in flight
– most common a quite variable ‘whoop’
– polyphonic overslur with inharmonic partials often with voice break
– in comparison to similar Tundra Swan calls a rather trumpeting than dry barking timbre
– 1st winter birds with a more nasal timbre

Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, call in flight
BIF3593, 28/01/2021, Parchim, Germany, Patrick Franke

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Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, 1W AD, call in flight
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser a. albifrons, call in flight
BIF3597, 28/01/2021, Parchim, Germany, Patrick Franke

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Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, AD, call in flight
BIF3598, 31/01/2021, Parchim, Germany, Patrick Franke

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Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, 2CY, call in flight
BIF3599, 31/01/2021, Parchim, Germany, Patrick Franke

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Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, AD, call in flight
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser a. albifrons, call in flight
BIF0395, 16/11/2014, Flachwasserzone Mannhausen, Germany, Patrick Franke

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>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>

Mute Swan
Tundra Swan

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