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Trumpeter Swan

(Cygnus buccinator)

 

Category: Birds

 

 

This swan holds the distinction of being North America’s largest waterfowl. They typically weigh 15-30 pounds and their wingspans can exceed 10 feet! Trumpeter swans are fiercely protective parents and will battle attackers to the death if necessary.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Trumpeter_Swan/id

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpeter_swan

 

Data & Facts

Scientific Classification
Kingdom - Animalia
Phylum - Chordata
Class - Aves
Order - Anseriformes
Family - Anatidae
Genus - Cygnus
Species - C. buccinator

 
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Interesting Animal Facts

Asleep at the wheel?

Can you imagine spending nearly all of your life in the air? The common swift doesn’t have to - it just does! From the day this bird learns to fly, it almost never touches the ground voluntarily - it eats, drinks, mates, and may even sleep while flying. While sleep walking can be problematic in humans, many birds have the ability to enter a state called unihemispheric slow-wave sleep, where one half of the brain sleeps as the other remains alert. This method of “sleeping with one eye open,” is a great way to avoid becoming another animal’s meal, and has led to the suspicion that these birds, who almost never willingly land, also sleep while in flight!

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