>> GENERAL >>>>>
– smallest of the white swans with shortest neck, larger than Greylag Goose
– diurnal migrant, nocturnal movements recorded
– migrates in flocks in formation (mostly in lines)
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii, AD
BIF1508, 18/10/2013, Greifswald, Germany, Michael Heiß
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii, AD, 1CY
BIF1509, 18/10/2013, Greifswald, Germany, Michael Heiß
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii, AD, 2CY
BIF0377, 19/05/2011, Buir Nuur, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii, AD
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, AD
BIF0751, 15/01/2012, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii, AD, 2CY
BIF0378, 19/05/2011, Buir Nuur, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii, AD (two lower birds to the right)
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, AD, 2CY
BIF0752, 15/01/2012, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii, AD, 1CY
BIF1510, 13/11/2013, Baltic Sea, Germany, Michael Heiß
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii, AD, 1CY
BIF1511, 13/11/2013, Baltic Sea, offshore, Michael Heiß
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, AD
Greylag Goose Anser a. anser, AD
BIF0800, 05/03/2013, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
– flight call a quite variable ‘whoop’
– polyphonic overslur with inharmonic partials
– in comparison to similar Whooper Swan calls rather dry barking than trumpeting timbre
– when spotting an observer or another threat might utter a short ‘kuk’
– 1st winter birds with a more frazzled or broken voice, less voluminous
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii, AD JUV, nocturnal flight call
BIF3129, 29/10/2019, Wilsen, Germany, Roland Neumann
– higher pitched birds presumably JUV
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Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii, flight call
BIF3592, 28/01/2021, Parchim, Germany, Patrick Franke
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Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii, 40 Ind. flight call
BIF3594, 28/01/2021, Parchim, Germany, Patrick Franke
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Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii, excitement call in flight
BIF3595, 28/01/2021, Parchim, Germany, Patrick Franke
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Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii, call in flight
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser a. albifrons, call in flight
BIF1538, 18/02/2017, Abbenseth, Germany, Patrick Franke
– noise from a motocross race
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Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii, 50, 500m high, calls during migration
BIF1527, 18/02/2017, Cuxhaven Germany, Patrick Franke
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Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii, AD, wing sound
BIF3596, 28/01/2021, Parchim, Germany, Patrick Franke
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
Mute Swan (v)
Whooper Swan (v a)
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