Mute Swan ( Cygnus olor ) |
Description |
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Various |
One of the biggest European birds, the plumage is white, the beak is orange-coloured. Reconnait the other swans by the tuber on the beak. In flight the whistling of the wings allows of the reconnaitre rather easily. |
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Migratory Sort but swans being in parks are sedentary because they are fed by the man. It is a bird monogame. It needs to run of the water to fly away.
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Habitat : | Lakes, ponds, rivers, maritime bays. The big neck allows him to look for its food in one rather deep. |
Food : | In base of vegetables mainly. |
Size : | 55.16 inch (140-160 cm) |
Weight : 10-12 kg |
Wing span : 82.74 inch (210-240 cm) |