ITIS Standard Report Page: Cygnus

Cygnus Bechstein, 1803
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174984

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Olor Wagler, 1832
	Common Name(s):	Swans [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2006

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cord�s, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vert�br�s, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Aves – Birds, oiseaux
	Order	Anseriformes – Ducks, Geese, Screamers, Swans, Waterfowl, canards, cygnes, oies, sauvagine
	Family	Anatidae – Ducks, Geese, Swans, canards, cygnes, oies
	Subfamily	Anserinae
	Genus	Cygnus Bechstein, 1803 – Swans
		Direct Children:
	Species	Cygnus atratus (Latham, 1790) – Black Swan
	Species	Cygnus buccinator Richardson, 1831 – Cisne trompetero, Trumpeter Swan, cygne trompette
	Species	Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815) – Cisne de tundra, Tundra Swan, cygne siffleur
	Species	Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Whooper Swan
	Species	Cygnus melancoryphus (Molina, 1782) – Black-necked Swan
	Species	Cygnus olor (Gmelin, 1789) – Mute Swan, cygne tuburcul�

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Alan P. Peterson, M.D.
	Notes:	PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999
	Reference for:	Cygnus

	Expert:	Richard C. Banks
	Notes:	Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.
	Reference for:	Cygnus

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Cygnus

	Source:	Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2006.12.10, website (version 10-Dec-06)
	Acquired:	2006
	Notes:	"Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net
	Reference for:	Cygnus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
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	Publisher:
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	Notes:	As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Cygnus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Resource Publication, no. 166
	Page(s):	79
	Publisher:	United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Cygnus, Swans [English]

Geographic Information


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