Birds of the Upper Cumberland Region: Species Accounts

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

Abundance: Occasional; 1 record in 1 Kentucky county.

Status: Visitor during winter; photographs (see links below).

Information on Records: 

18 December 2008-7 January 2009 (1--juvenile) Cooley's Pond, Wayne County, Kentucky (Roseanna M. Denton photo, photo, and unpubl. data, also Stephen J. Stedman (18 December 2008) and Brainard Palmer-Ball (7 January 2009).

Habitat: x

YardWatch Results 2003 and 2004: no registrations.

Remarks: The "countability" of this species remains a somewhat murky issue, but sufficient records from western Kentucky have now accumulated, presumably deriving from the mid-western reintroduction effort, that it seems safe to include this species in the Regional avifauna as well.

Counties with Observations (boldfaced):

To see a map (Figure 1) displaying data about this species, click on the boldfaced word in this sentence.

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