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Whooper Swan

Cygnus cygnus

Description:

Whooper swans have a deep honking call. They pair for life, and their cygnets stay with them all winter.

Habitat:

Whooper swans can migrate many hundreds of miles to their wintering sites in northern Europe and eastern Asia.They breed in subarctic Eurasia.

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Knokke-Heist, Vlaanderen, Belgium

Spotted on Feb 19, 2012
Submitted on Mar 25, 2012

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