Mute Swan Cygnus olor Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (49)
- Monotypic
Michael A. Ciaranca, Charles C. Allin, and Gwilym S. Jones
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witswaan |
| Albanian | Mjelma me xhungë |
| Arabic | تم صامت |
| Armenian | Թշշան կարապ |
| Asturian | Cisne comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Fısıldayan qu |
| Basque | Beltxarga arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Ням лебед |
| Catalan | cigne mut |
| Chinese | 疣鼻天鵝 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 疣鼻天鹅 |
| Croatian | crvenokljuni labud |
| Czech | labuť velká |
| Danish | Knopsvane |
| Dutch | Knobbelzwaan |
| English | Mute Swan |
| English (United States) | Mute Swan |
| Faroese | Knópsvanur |
| Finnish | kyhmyjoutsen |
| French | Cygne tuberculé |
| French (France) | Cygne tuberculé |
| Galician | Cisne mudo |
| German | Höckerschwan |
| Greek | Κοινός Κύκνος |
| Hebrew | ברבור מצוי |
| Hungarian | Bütykös hattyú |
| Icelandic | Hnúðsvanur |
| Italian | Cigno reale |
| Japanese | コブハクチョウ |
| Korean | 혹고니 |
| Latvian | Paugurknābja gulbis |
| Lithuanian | Gulbė nebylė |
| Mongolian | Хуруут хун |
| Norwegian | knoppsvane |
| Persian | قوی گنگ |
| Polish | łabędź niemy |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Cisne-mudo |
| Romanian | Lebădă de vară |
| Russian | Лебедь-шипун |
| Serbian | Labud grbac |
| Slovak | labuť veľká |
| Slovenian | Labod grbec |
| Spanish | Cisne Vulgar |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Cisne Mudo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cisne vulgar |
| Swedish | knölsvan |
| Thai | หงส์ใบ้ |
| Turkish | Kuğu |
| Ukrainian | Лебідь-шипун |
Cygnus olor (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Anas Olor
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.502.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Russia, Sibiria, Persico etiam littore maris Caspii.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CYGNUS
- cygnus
- olor
- Olor
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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