Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Mjelma qafëdrejtë |
| Arabic | تم صافر |
| Armenian | Ճչան կարապ |
| Asturian | Cisne glayador |
| Azerbaijani | Harayçı qu |
| Basque | Beltxarga oihularia |
| Bulgarian | Поен лебед |
| Catalan | Cigne cantaire |
| Chinese | 黃嘴天鵝 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 大天鹅 |
| Croatian | žutokljuni labud |
| Czech | labuť zpěvná |
| Danish | Sangsvane |
| Dutch | Wilde Zwaan |
| English | Whooper Swan |
| English (United States) | Whooper Swan |
| Faroese | Svanur |
| Finnish | laulujoutsen |
| French | Cygne chanteur |
| French (French Guiana) | Cygne chanteur |
| Galician | Cisne bravo |
| German | Singschwan |
| Greek | Αγριόκυκνος |
| Hebrew | ברבור שר |
| Hungarian | Énekes hattyú |
| Icelandic | Álft |
| Italian | Cigno selvatico |
| Japanese | オオハクチョウ |
| Korean | 큰고니 |
| Latvian | Ziemeļu gulbis |
| Lithuanian | Gulbė giesmininkė |
| Mongolian | Гангар хун |
| Norwegian | sangsvane |
| Persian | قوی فریادکش |
| Polish | łabędź krzykliwy |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Cisne-bravo |
| Romanian | Lebădă de iarnă |
| Russian | Лебедь-кликун |
| Serbian | Veliki labud |
| Slovak | labuť spevavá |
| Slovenian | Labod pevec |
| Spanish | Cisne Cantor |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cisne cantor |
| Swedish | sångsvan |
| Turkish | Ötücü Kuğu |
| Ukrainian | Лебідь-кликун |
Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Anas Cygnus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae ed.10 1, p.122.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Restricted type locality, Sweden.
Definitions
- CYGNUS
- cygnus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SPECIES
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Scientific name definitions
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 15, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 15, 2016
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
Authors
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whoswa.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- August 15, 2016
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
Authors
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2016). Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.