The commonest Eurasian swan, having white plumage and an orange-red bill with a black knob at the base.
疣鼻天鹅
Cygnus olor, family Anatidae
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But fly-fishers claim mute swans are stripping these rivers of water crowfoot, an aquatic plant crucial to trout and the insects they eat.
On a recent walk I saw a kingfisher skim across the surface and a number of mute swans.
Invasives like mute swans and rock pigeons are wreaking ecological havoc throughout the United States and threatening countless native species.
We had our first recorded nesting of mute swans at the reserve.
Wildlife managers say mute swans are destroying significant amounts of submerged aquatic vegetation and chasing other shorebirds away from their nesting sites.
Definition of mute swan in US English:
mute swan
nounˈmyo͞ot ˌswän
The most common Eurasian swan, having white plumage and an orange-red bill with a black knob at the base. Introduced to the northeastern US, its range is expanding along the Atlantic coast and the Great Lakes region.
Cygnus olor, family Anatidae
Example sentencesExamples
On a recent walk I saw a kingfisher skim across the surface and a number of mute swans.
We had our first recorded nesting of mute swans at the reserve.
But fly-fishers claim mute swans are stripping these rivers of water crowfoot, an aquatic plant crucial to trout and the insects they eat.
Invasives like mute swans and rock pigeons are wreaking ecological havoc throughout the United States and threatening countless native species.
Wildlife managers say mute swans are destroying significant amounts of submerged aquatic vegetation and chasing other shorebirds away from their nesting sites.