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Cygnus atratus

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Noun1.Cygnus atratus - large Australian swan having black plumage and a red billCygnus atratus - large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill
black swan
swan - stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
genus Cygnus, Cygnus - a genus of Anatidae
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The real black swan (named Cygnus atratus by John Latham, the 18th century ornithologist) is native to Australia and, to our knowledge, uniquely found there.
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Yet more luxury flats are to be built on the site of the former Water's Edge residential home, next to the flats that make me and Cygnus Atratus so sad.
Flats are an ugly duckling by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
Black swans, or cygnus atratus, are not especially rare, although it is believed that this is the first one at the Knap Lake for years.
Black beauty flies in to swan about on lake by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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