Black swan

For the movie, see Black Swan (movie).

Black swan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Genus:	Cygnus
Species:	C. atratus
Binomial name
Cygnus atratus Latham, 1790

The black swan (Cygnus atratus) is a large waterbird that mostly breeds in the southeast and southwest areas of Australia. It is different from other swans because it is mostly black, though its flight feathers are white. Their bill is bright red and the tip is white.

Black swan family

State flag of Western australia

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Cygnus atratus

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Black Swan Media

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  Side view of mature adult showing characteristic "S" neck

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  Near Devonport, Tasmania with wings raised in an aggressive display revealing white flight feathers

• Black Swan skeleton.jpg

  Black swan skeleton (Museum of Osteology)

• Cygnus atratus -Taylor Dam, near Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand -parent and juvenile-8.jpg

  Adult with a cygnet in New Zealand

• Black Swan in Flight Crop.jpg

  Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) in flight at Gould's Lagoon, Tasmania, Australia

• BlackSwanLakeEolaOrlando.jpg

  One of several black swans at Lake Eola Park in Orlando, Florida, USA

• Illegally shot Black swan rescued.jpg

  Rescuers with illegally shot Black swan at Leaghur State Park.

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  Nest at Booragoon Lake