Species profile—Cygnus atratus (black swan)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Anatidae (geese, swans and ducks) → Cygnus atratus (black swan)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Anatidae (geese, swans and ducks)
- Scientific name
- Cygnus atratus (Latham, 1790)
- Common name
- black swan
- WildNet taxon ID
- 2005
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=2005
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.