Trumpeter Swan

Cygnus buccinator

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassAves (Aus)
OrderAnseriformes
FamilyAnatidae (Anàtids)
GenusCygnus (True Swans)
SpeciesCygnus buccinator (Trumpeter Swan)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Death Valley National Park

2 Verified records at Death Valley National Park

☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator), or simply the trumpeter, is a species of swan found in North America. The heaviest living bird native to North America, it is also the largest extant species of waterfowl, with a wingspan of 185 to 304.8 cm (6 ft 2 in to 10 ft 2 in). It is the American counterpart and a close relative of the whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) of Eurasia and has even been considered the same species by some authorities. By 1933, fewer than 70 wild individuals were known to exist; extinction seemed imminent until aerial surveys discovered a Pacific population of several thousand trumpeter swans around Alaska's Copper River. Careful reintroductions by wildlife agencies and the Trumpeter Swan Society gradually restored the North American wild population to over 46,000 birds by 2010. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Death Valley National Park

Cygnus columbianus

Oxyura jamaicensis

Anas platyrhynchos

Spatula cyanoptera

Spatula clypeata

Mareca strepera

Aythya americana

Anas crecca

Aythya collaris

Mareca americana

Bucephala albeola

Anas acuta

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📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Trumpeter Swan at Death Valley National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
2	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
3	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
4	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
5	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
6	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
7	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
8	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
9	Gates of the Arctic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	5–10%
10	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	5–10%
11	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	5–10%
12	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	5–10%
13	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
14	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
15	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
16	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
17	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
18	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
19	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
20	Nahanni National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
21	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
22	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
23	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
24	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
25	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

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Trumpeter Swan

Closest Relatives at Death Valley National Park

Tundra Swan

Ruddy Duck

Mallard

Cinnamon Teal

Northern Shoveler

Gadwall

Redhead

Common Teal

Ring-necked Duck

American Wigeon

Bufflehead

Northern Pintail

📅 Monthly Probability

☀️ When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found