Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Galloanserae > Superorder Anserimorphae > Order Anseriformes > Suborder Anseri > Superfamily Anatoidea > Family Anatidae

Cygnus Bechstein, 1803

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cygnus atratus Latham, 1790
Cygnus bewickii Yarrell, 1830
Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815)
Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cygnus olor (Gmelin, 1789)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: ハクチョウ属 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Swedish: svanar

Literature

basis of record

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Cygnus Bechstein, 1803. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159087

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Cygnus Bechstein, 1803. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b06576a6-6d3d-4aca-85a6-d5fee1083c97

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159087
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96467

Last modified

2017-10-02 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Mark Tasker

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