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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Vertebrates - Craniata
    - Class - Birds - Aves
      - Order - Ducks / Geese - Anseriformes
        
        Family - Swans / Geese / Ducks - Anatidae
        
        Species - Tundra Swan - Cygnus columbianus

Tundra Swan - Cygnus columbianus

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNA

Agency Status
USFWS: none
USFS: none
BLM: none
CFWCS Tier: 3
PIF: none

General Description

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General Distribution

Montana Range

Western Hemisphere Range

Summary of Observations Submitted for Montana

Number of Observations: 605

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Relative Density

Recency

Breeding
(direct evidence "B")

Breeding
(indirect evidence "b")

No evidence of Breeding
(transient "t")

Overwintering
(regular observations "W")

Overwintering
(at least one obs. "w")

(Records associated with a range of dates are excluded from time charts)

Migration

Up to 1000 birds have been noted in the spring during the Ennis Lake Migration. In the Bozeman area dates are March 17-April 25 and October 25-December 5 with the peak in early April and November.

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Citation for data on this website:
Tundra Swan — Cygnus columbianus. Montana Field Guide. Retrieved on February 9, 2010, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/detail_ABNJB02010.aspx