Unggas air (Waterfowl)
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus
- tidak umum
- 65 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Flies around 1,000 miles nonstop from Iceland to Britain. Trumpets loudly on arrival, so your recipient always knows.
- Populasi
- ~176,000 mature individuals, increasing
- Habitat
- Breeds on shallow freshwater lakes, marshes, reedbeds, tundra and taiga wetlands; in the non-breeding season uses large water bodies, agricultural fields, and coastal wetlands
- Fakta menarik
- The whooper swan has been Finland's national bird since 1981 and its image appears on the Finnish 1-euro coin.
- Sebaran
- Breeds across the Palearctic from Iceland and Scandinavia through Russia to Mongolia and eastern Siberia; winters in Western and Central Europe, the Mediterranean, Middle East, Central and South Asia (e.g. Afghanistan, India, Pakistan), and East Asia (China, Japan, Korea); rare vagrant to North America
- Makanan
- Aquatic vegetation obtained by upending or dabbling in shallow water (roots, tubers, and submerged/emergent plants), supplemented in winter by grazing on grasses, waste grain, and root crops in agricultural fields
- Ukuran
- 1,5 m
- Bentang sayap
- 2,4 m
- Masa hidup
- 10 tahun
