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whooper swan

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Noun1.whooper swan - common Old World swan noted for its whooping callwhooper swan - common Old World swan noted for its whooping call
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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Other big birds in the region last week were an elusive, great white egret on Porthmadog's Glaslyn marshes, a glossy ibis in Foryd Bay, and whooper swans with a scaup on the Inland Sea.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In a bid to learn more about these magnificent birds and in the process increase public awareness, The Lough Neagh Wetlands Whooper Swan Project or the Superwhooper Project was hatched in 2007 when a team of scientists visited Iceland to observe breeding Whooper swans.
Aircraft could be in danger because of flocks of whooper swans which migrate from Iceland to live near the runways at Glasgow airport during the winter.
 
 
 
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