{"id":2380,"date":"2014-12-15T20:56:54","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T19:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=2380"},"modified":"2021-08-25T19:42:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T18:42:58","slug":"whooper-swan-cygnus-cygnus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=2380","title":{"rendered":"Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

>> GENERAL >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

>> VISUAL ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"BIF379_MPU_PUM1616_120214_wswan_d_havelland\"<\/a>
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus,<\/em> AD, 1CY<\/strong>
BIF0379, 14\/02\/2012, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"BIF380_MPU_PUM1984_120216_wswan_mswan_d_havelland\"<\/a>
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
Mute Swan Cygnus olor<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
BIF0380, 16\/02\/2012, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a>
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus,<\/em> AD, 2CY<\/strong>
BIF2897, 10\/02\/2018, Stolzenhagen, Germany, Roland Neumann<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"BIF381_MPU_I8Z9309_100305_wswan_d_wittenberg\"<\/a>
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus<\/em>, AD, 2CY<\/strong>
BIF0381, 05\/03\/2010, Wittenberg, Germany, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"BIF382_MPU_I8Z2832_100324_wswan_mswan_d_baltic-sea\"<\/a>
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus<\/em>, AD, 2CY<\/strong>
Mute Swan Cygnus olor<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
BIF0382, 24\/03\/2010, Baltic Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus<\/em>, call in flight<\/strong>
BIF3593, 28\/01\/2021, Parchim, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mute Swan<\/a>
Tundra Swan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

#waterbird #waterfowl #wildfowl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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 >>>>> Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, AD, 1CYBIF0379, 14\/02\/2012, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, ADMute Swan Cygnus olor, ADBIF0380, 16\/02\/2012, Havelland, Germany, Mathias … Continue reading Whooper Swan
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