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 > Genus Cygnus

Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cygnus*	Bechstein, 1803	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anas cygnus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: mjellma qafëdrejtë; mjellmja; mjellna; shqitëza sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Поен лебед sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: sangsvane sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: wilde zwaan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: whooper swan sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: cygne chanteur sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Singschwan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Αγριόκυκνος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: ברבור שר sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: cigno selvatico sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Lithuanian: gulbė giesmininkė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: sangsvane sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: sangsvane sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: songsvane sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: łabędź krzykliwy sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: lebăda de iarnă sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: лебедь-кликун sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: eala ghlórach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: labod pevec sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: cisne cantor sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: sångsvan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: otucu kugu; ötücü kuğu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Лебідь-кликун sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: alarch y gogledd

Literature

basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.