Cygnus atratus

Black Swan at Kingston, ACT

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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

Coordinates 149.147480 -35.314410
Altitude 566.9m
Maps Lake Burley Griffin Central/East
Places Kingston, ACT

Sighting information

3 Abundance
3 Oct 2017 01:42 PM Recorded on
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Additional information

True Nesting site

Species information

Cygnus atratus Scientific name
Black Swan Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1111.4m Recorded at altitude
834 images trained Machine learning
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Synonyms
Cygnus (Chenopis) atratus

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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

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South Australia

Victoria

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