Coscoroba Swan (Coscoroba coscoroba)
RS, Brazil.
Males weigh 3.8–5.4 kg and females weigh 3.2–4.5 kg. The length is from 87.5 to 115 cm and the wingspan is 155 to 160 cm.
They have white plumage except for black tips to the outer six primary feathers, although this black is often barely visible on the closed wing. The bird has a red beak, legs and feet.
The species breeds in South America from southern Chile and central Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. In winter it flies north to central Chile, northern Argentina, Uruguay and the southeast tip of Brazil.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Anserinae
Genus: Coscoroba L. Reichenbach, 1853
Species: C. coscoroba (Molina, 1782)
Binomial name: Coscoroba coscoroba
Coscoroba Swan (Coscoroba coscoroba)
RS, Brazil.
Males weigh 3.8–5.4 kg and females weigh 3.2–4.5 kg. The length is from 87.5 to 115 cm and the wingspan is 155 to 160 cm.
They have white plumage except for black tips to the outer six primary feathers, although this black is often barely visible on the closed wing. The bird has a red beak, legs and feet.
The species breeds in South America from southern Chile and central Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. In winter it flies north to central Chile, northern Argentina, Uruguay and the southeast tip of Brazil.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Anserinae
Genus: Coscoroba L. Reichenbach, 1853
Species: C. coscoroba (Molina, 1782)
Binomial name: Coscoroba coscoroba