Trumpeter Swan Photograph by John Telfer

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Trumpeter Swan

by John Telfer

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Title

Trumpeter Swan

Artist

John Telfer

Medium

Photograph - Photograph

Description

FAA WATERCOLOR MARK DOES NOT APPEAR ON FINAL SALES
Photograph of a beautiful Trumpeter Swan with 7 foot wing span fully opened and colorful fall shrubs in foreground and background. This Trumpeter Swan received its name because of the noise that it makes that sounds like the sound of a trumpet. The Trumpeter Swan taken in this photo is located in the Queens Zoo in Queens, New York. The Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) is the heaviest bird native to North America and is, on average, the largest extant waterfowl species on earth.[2] It is the North American counterpart and a close relative of the Whooper Swan of Eurasia, and even has been considered the same species by some authorities. The Trumpeter Swan is the largest extant species of waterfowl. Adults usually measure 138�165 cm (54�65 in) long, though large males can range up to 180 cm (71 in) or more.[2][3][4][5] The weight of adult birds is typically 7�13.6 kg (15�30 lb), with an average weight in males of 11.9 kg (26 lb) and 9.4 kg (21 lb) in females.[6][2] The wingspan ranges from 185 to 250 cm (73 to 98 in), with the individual wing chords measuring 60�68 cm (24�27 in).[3][4][2] The largest known male Trumpeter attained a length of 183 cm (72 in), a wingspan of 3.1 m (10 ft) and a weight of 17.2 kg (38 lb).[7]
The adult Trumpeter Swan is all white in plumage. As with a Whooper Swan, this species has upright posture and a straight neck at all times. The Trumpeter Swan has a large, wedge-shaped black bill that can, in some cases, be minimally lined with salmon-pink coloration around the mouth. The bill measures 10.5�12 cm (4.1�4.7 in) and is up to twice the length of a Canada Goose's (Branta canadensis) bill. The legs are gray-pink in color, though in some birds can appear yellowish gray to even black. The tarsus measures 10.5�12 cm (4.1�4.7 in). The cygnets (juveniles) are grey in appearance, becoming white after the first year.
The Mute Swan (C. olor), introduced to North America, is scarcely smaller. However, it can easily be distinguished by its orange bill and different physical structure (particularly the neck, which is always curved down as opposed to straight in the Trumpeter). The Mute Swan is often found in developed areas near human habitation in North America, whereas Trumpeters are usually only found in pristine wetlands with minimal human disturbance.[2] The Tundra Swan (C. columbianus) more closely resembles the Trumpeter, but is quite a bit smaller. The neck of a male Trumpeter may be twice as long as the neck of a Tundra Swan.[2] The Tundra Swan can be further distinguished by its yellow lores. However, some Trumpeter Swans have yellow lores; many of these individuals appear to be leucistic and have paler legs than typical Trumpeters.[8] Distinguishing Tundra and Trumpeter Swans from a distance (when size is harder to gauge) is quite challenging, and can often be done only with experience and knowledge of structural details.
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