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Black Swan

Cygnus atratus

9,552Records since 2000
MayPeak month
85Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan855
Feb587
Mar676
Apr899
May1,025
Jun824
Jul888
Aug891
Sep902
Oct793
Nov596
Dec597

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England858
2Devon England434
3North Yorkshire England345
4Essex England325
5York England283
6Sefton England263
7Dorset England257
8Kent England255
9Suffolk England167
10East Riding of Yorkshire England158
11Norfolk England143
12Oxfordshire England140
13Somerset England138
14Milton Keynes England137
15Cornwall England120
9,169 England139 Scotland225 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 85 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
9,552
Peak month
May
Counties with records
85
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Cygnus atratus
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,589
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Cygnus
Name with authority
Cygnus atratus (Latham, 1790)
Described
1790
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q131044 · GBIF 2498344