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long lifespan and tendency to be less vocal than other swan species, can live for 30 to 40 years in captivity. This story has been updated to add that UNR said it could not release information on ...

This would be a serious threat to California's two native swan species, the tundra swan and trumpeter swan, with the tundra being especially vulnerable, as it is much smaller than a mute swan.

There are no wildstock mute swans in this hemisphere, but there are plenty of released ones from waterfowl fanciers,” Shackelford said. And like so often happens bringing a non-native species ...

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The DNR says both tundra and trumpeter swans pass through the region as migratory species in route to Canada. Engelhardt noted the distinction: trumpeter swans are bigger and tundra swans ...