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title: "Whooper Swan"
description: "Cygnus cygnus — Birds. The whooper swan (/ˈhuːpə(ɹ) swɒn/ \"hooper swan\"; Cygnus cygnus), is a large northern hemisphere swan."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/whooper-swan
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Whooper Swan

> Cygnus cygnus — Birds. The whooper swan (/ˈhuːpə(ɹ) swɒn/ "hooper swan"; Cygnus cygnus), is a large northern hemisphere swan.

- Scientific name: *Cygnus cygnus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 23552
- Wikidata: [Q25612](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25612)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6916](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6916)

## Names

- en: Whooper Swan
- de: Singschwan
- es: Cisne cantor
- fr: Cygne chanteur
- nl: Wilde zwaan
- pt: Cisne-bravo
- pl: Łabędź krzykliwy

## Countries with the most observations

RU (7468), FI (2229), IS (1942), GB (1612), DE (801), SE (788), JP (636), KR (618), DK (546), NO (511), CN (401), PL (378)

## Summary

The whooper swan (/ˈhuːpə(ɹ) swɒn/ "hooper swan"; Cygnus cygnus), is a large northern hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American trumpeter swan.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/270152939

## Machine access

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