Cygnus atratus

2 Black Swan at Gordon, ACT

Cygnus atratus at Gordon, ACT - 31 Jan 2019
Cygnus atratus at Gordon, ACT - 31 Jan 2019
Cygnus atratus at Gordon, ACT - 31 Jan 2019
Cygnus atratus at Gordon, ACT - 31 Jan 2019
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Identification history

Cygnus atratus 31 Jan 2019 natureguy
Cygnus atratus 31 Jan 2019 RodDeb

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first reported as young cygnets in April 2018 these look to be 4 maturing Swans. Looks like the parents and possibly one of the youngsters have flown off leaving these. They started with 6 cygnets, when we last reported them there were 5 cygnets growing well into swans.

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Location information

Sighting information

  • 4 Abundance
  • 31 Jan 2019 10:16 AM Recorded on
  • RodDeb 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
  • 692 images trained Machine learning
  • External link More information
  • Synonyms

    Cygnus (Chenopis) atratus

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