Tundra swans
● Lenght – 140 to 165 cm
● Deep honking call and powerfull fliers
● Require large areas to live in
● Adult birds – feathers entirely white, black feet, mostly
black bill
● Pens (females) – slightly smaller than cobs (males)
● Immatures – white mixed with some dull grey
feathering; bills – black, large dirty-pink patch
● In Estonia first nesting - 1979
Whooper swan
Behaviour of whooper swan
● Pair for life, cygnets stay with them all the
winter
● Breffered breeding habitat – wetlands
● Both build the nest
● Male will stand guard over the nest while
female incubates
● 4 to 7 eggs
Influence of whooper swan
● Much admired in Europe
● National bird of Finland
● Protected species in Estonia
Spread
Bewick´s swan (väikeluik)
● Lenght 115 to 140 cm
● Adults – white all over
● Young birds – greyish with a pinkish bill
annaabi.ee 
