Cygnus? (1 Viewer)

ody

Well-known member

• Feb 22, 2010

• #1

Can someone from this pic to say if this is a Whooper or a Bewick's Swan?
Thank you in advance.

 

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Birding Bob

Robert Williamson

• Feb 22, 2010

• #2

Whooper for me but I may be wrong.

 

WACCOE

Marching on Together

• Feb 22, 2010

• #3

Whooper for me as well.

 

chris butterworth

aka The Person Named Above

• Feb 22, 2010

• #4

... and me. It's too "swan-like", with a long, thin neck whereas Tundra is more "goose-like" ,with a proportionally shorter, thinner neck.
Chris

 

peterarras

Well-known member

• Feb 22, 2010

• #5

Hi,
for me looks more like a Bewiki Swan, the neck is to short for a Whooper Swan and it looks that the yellow part of the bill is not going so far.
Cheers
Peter.

 

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Brian Stretch

Well-known member

• Feb 22, 2010

• #6

This is a Whooper Swan. Impossible to assess the bill pattern correctly from this angle and as stated above, the neck is too long for Bewick's.

Compare with these Bewick's: http://www.anserbirding.co.uk/blog/...ic-lumix-16-20-december-2009-mjmcgill-081.jpg (http://www.anserbirding.com)

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pauco

Старлин&

• Feb 22, 2010

• #7

In MHO, i think it's a Whooper Swan. It's a no-no to try an ID from bill pattern, on that photo.