Cygnus atratus

Black Swan at Kingston, ACT

Cygnus atratus at Kingston, ACT - 3 Oct 2017
Cygnus atratus at Kingston, ACT - 3 Oct 2017
Cygnus atratus at Kingston, ACT - 3 Oct 2017
Cygnus atratus at Kingston, ACT - 3 Oct 2017
Cygnus atratus at Kingston, ACT - 3 Oct 2017
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Identification history

Cygnus atratus 3 Oct 2017 ArcherCallaway
Cygnus atratus 3 Oct 2017 AlisonMilton

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The cygnets on the pond at Eyre Street are just hatching. One cygnet with mum still sitting on at least one egg. In the morning dad kept pushing the cygnet back up onto the nesting mound but by the afternoon they were out exploring the pond, while mum was looking quite hot and bothered still sitting on the nest, standing up quite often to check on her egg.

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Location information

Sighting information

  • 3 Abundance
  • 3 Oct 2017 01:42 PM Recorded on
  • AlisonMilton Recorded by

Additional information

  • True Nesting site

Species information

  • Cygnus atratus Scientific name
  • Black Swan Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 989.6m Recorded at altitude
  • 686 images trained Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Cygnus (Chenopis) atratus

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