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Tundra Swan - (Cygnus columbianus)  

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Identification

  • Huge white bird with long neck
  • Juveniles are grey
  • Black bill, sometimes with yellow spot in front of eye 
  • 52" (120-147 cm.) 

Habitat

  • Ponds, lakes, large rivers

Additional Information 

  • Formerly called Whistling Swan
  • Large flocks seen and heard overhead while on migration 
  • Nests far to the north in tundra areas of Canada and Alaska
  • Tundra Swan has no black in wings

Similar/Comparable Species

 

Tundra swan in a pond

Tundra swan in flight

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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