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Cygnus olor
The name 'mute' derives from it being less vocal than other swan species. Despite its Eurasian origin, its closest relatives are the Black Swan of Australia and the Black-necked Swan of South America, not the other Northern Hemisphere swans.
I took this photo of a juvenile mute swan at Virginia Water lake. There was heavy snow that day & very dark skies giving a blue cast to the photo.
Spotted on Dec 21, 2009
Submitted on Aug 23, 2011
6 Comments
Hi.. Now I see other Mute swans in related spottings...on this page.. :)
I must have accidently copies & pasted the wiki link instead of the scientific name. Thanks again for letting me know!
This way related spottings not seen properly on spotting page..
Thanks Ashish - I hadn't noticed!
Cygnus olor
Karen.... Link must be in reference.. it is misplaced at Scientific name.