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Trumpeter swan

Cygnus buccinator Richardson, 1831

LCLeast Concernwaterfowl

The trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) is a species in the family Anatidae, order Anseriformes. Recorded adults weigh 9.75 kg to 11.8 kg and live up to 26.5 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Photo: http://www.nps.gov/yell/press/images/wildlife/ · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the trumpeter swan

Weight
9.75 kg – 11.8 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
2.3 m – 2.6 msrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
26.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
32.5 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
35 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
5.2src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
2.99 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the trumpeter swan?

TRUMPETER SWAN · WINGSPAN 2.6 MADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.6 m, the recorded maximum wingspan of the trumpeter swan is about 1.5 times the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the trumpeter swan live?

Not recorded

What is the trumpeter swan?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator), or simply the trumpeter, is a species of swan found in North America. The heaviest living bird native to North America, it is also the largest extant species of waterfowl, with a wingspan of 185 to 304.8 cm (6 ft 2 in to 10 ft 2 in). It is the American counterpart and a close relative of the whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) of Eurasia and has even been considered the same species by some authorities. By 1933, fewer than 70 wild individuals were known to exist; extinction seemed imminent until aerial surveys discovered a Pacific population of several thousand trumpeter swans around Alaska's Copper River. Careful reintroductions by wildlife agencies and the Trumpeter Swan Society gradually restored the North American wild population to over 46,000 birds by 2010.

From the Wikipedia article “Trumpeter swan” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trumpeter_swan&oldid=1380709455), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the trumpeter swan sound like?

Jonathon Jongsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the trumpeter swan endangered?

The trumpeter swan is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the trumpeter swan classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderAnseriformes
  5. familyAnatidae
  6. genusCygnus
  7. SpeciesCygnus buccinator Richardson, 1831

Synonyms Cygnus cygnus buccinator, Olor buccinator, Olor cygnus buccinator

Other names and names in other languages (44)
  • تم بواقArabic
  • Лебед тръбачBulgarian
  • Alarc'h trompilhBreton
  • cigne trompeterCatalan
  • labuť trubačCzech
  • alarch utganolWelsh
  • TrompetérsvaneDanish
  • TrompeterschwanGerman
  • Κύκνος τρομπέταGreek
  • trumpeta cignoEsperanto
  • Cisne trompeteroSpanish
  • Ameerika laululuikEstonian
  • ameerika laululuik (trompetluik)Estonian
  • TrompetluikEstonian
  • trumpettijoutsenFinnish
  • Cygne trompetteFrench
  • TrompetswanWestern Frisian
  • Eala an trumpaIrish
  • הברבור המחצצרHebrew
  • ברבור מחצצרHebrew
  • crnokljuni labudCroatian
  • trombitás hattyúHungarian
  • Cigno trombettiereItalian
  • ナキハクチョウJapanese
  • 울음고니Korean
  • gulbė trimitininkėLithuanian
  • taurētājgulbisLatvian
  • trompetersvaneNorwegian Bokmål
  • trompetzwaanDutch
  • trompetsvaneNorwegian
  • Ininaabizii (Waabizii)Ojibwa
  • Łabędz trąbiącyPolish
  • łabędź trąbiącyPolish
  • cisne-trombeteiroPortuguese
  • cisne-trompeteiroPortuguese
  • Лебедь-трубачRussian
  • labuť trúbiváSlovak
  • Labud trubačSerbian
  • Лабуд трубачSerbian
  • trumpetarsvanSwedish
  • Borazancı KuğuTurkish
  • лебідь-трубачUkrainian
  • 號手天鵝Chinese
  • 黑嘴天鹅Chinese

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Relatives of the trumpeter swan

Other species in the same genus Cygnus.

LC, Least Concern
Mute swan (Cygnus olor)

Mute swan

Cygnus olor

Anatidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the trumpeter swan?

An adult trumpeter swan weighs 9.75 kg – 11.8 kg and has a wingspan of 2.3 m – 2.6 m, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the trumpeter swan endangered?

The trumpeter swan is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the trumpeter swan live?

The trumpeter swan has a recorded lifespan of 26.5 years.

What kind of animal is the trumpeter swan?

The trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) belongs to the family Anatidae in the order Anseriformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{trumpeter_swan_2026,
  title = {Trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/trumpeter-swan},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}