Talk:Trumpeter Swan
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"Exceptionally large male Trumpeters can reach a length 183 cm (72 inches), a wingspan of 3 meters (almost 10 feet) and a weight of 17.4 kg (38 lbs)" While I could buy that weight (though 38 lb is 17.2 kg rather than 17.4) for an extra fat speimen, the claimed length and wingspan are simply ridiculous. Accurate measurements have proven to be surprisingly difficult to find on the web, but the Whooper Swan, sometimes considered conspecific with Trumpeter, is 145–160 cm (57–63 in) long with a wingspan of 205–235 cm (81–93 in) and has a maximum weight of c. 12–13 kg (27–28 lb) – though I've heard reports of 14–15.5 kg (31–34 lb) individuals in Denmark. I've found the All About Birds website most useful with this kind of information for North American birds, but it isn't without errors – and that wingspan is definately too low, if meant as an average. --Anshelm '77 21:49, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
- The Guinness Book of Animal Facts & Feats unambiguously cites the record wingspan at 10 feet, 2 inches, though there's some questionable information in that book. What surprised me even more was the lengths cited for the Trumpeter and Mute at the following page: http://www.trumpeterswansociety.org/id.htm The upper values are over eight feet, which is beyond ridiculous—isn't it? Does anyone know where this data came from? PenguinJockey 04:17, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
