Cygnus atratus

1 Black Swan at Belconnen, ACT

Cygnus atratus at Belconnen, ACT - 20 May 2020 11:13 AM
Cygnus atratus at Belconnen, ACT - 20 May 2020 11:13 AM
Cygnus atratus at Belconnen, ACT - 20 May 2020 11:13 AM
Cygnus atratus at Belconnen, ACT - 20 May 2020 11:13 AM
Cygnus atratus at Belconnen, ACT - 20 May 2020 11:13 AM
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Identification history

Cygnus atratus 24 May 2020 MichaelBedingfield
Cygnus atratus 23 May 2020 AlisonMilton

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Both male and female were banded with red bands (female left leg, male right leg) but the female also has a silver band on her right leg. Appear ro be nesting.

2 comments

   24 May 2020
if you report the leg flag number to Jon Coleman or the Bird banding scheme you should be able to get the details of the bird.
AlisonMilton wrote:
   24 May 2020
Thanks

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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 989.6m Recorded at altitude
  • 797 images trained Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Cygnus (Chenopis) atratus

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