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Whooper Swan

Cygnus cygnus

Photo by SarahNebel
Published on Project Noah
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Habitat:

While growing, whooper swans spend much of their early life in the water because their body weight cannot be supported by their legs for long periods of time. They mate for life. Those that breed in Iceland, overwinter in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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