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title: "Trumpeter Swan"
description: "Cygnus buccinator — Birds. The trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator), or simply the trumpeter, is a species of swan found in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/trumpeter-swan
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Trumpeter Swan

> Cygnus buccinator — Birds. The trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator), or simply the trumpeter, is a species of swan found in North America.

- Scientific name: *Cygnus buccinator*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 51536
- Wikidata: [Q733375](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q733375)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6915](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6915)

## Names

- en: Trumpeter Swan
- de: Trompeterschwan
- es: Cisne trompetero
- fr: Cygne trompette
- nl: Trompetzwaan
- pt: Cisne-trombeteiro
- pl: Łabędź trąbiący

## Countries with the most observations

CA (25026), US (22634), AE (4)

## Summary

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…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpeter_swan

## Photo

![Trumpeter Swan](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/trumpeter-swan/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tobias Dietrich · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/289789610

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/trumpeter-swan?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).