Trumpeter Swan
(Cygnus buccinators)
Photographed at Etobicoke Creek, Toronto Canada 2010
The largest of North American waterfowl, the Trumpeter Swan is resident
throughout much of its range, but migratory in other parts. It was once reduced
to near extinction by the early 20th century, but it is relatively common
today.
These swans have a black bill and face unlike their cousins the Muted
Swan which has an orange bill and black face
Trumpeter Swans form pair bonds when they are three or four years old.
The pair stays together throughout the year, moving together in migratory
populations. Trumpeters are assumed to mate for life, but some individuals do
switch mates over their lifetimes. Some males that lost their mates did not
mate again.
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