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Cygnus buccinator (trumpeter swan)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Cygnus buccinator was named by Richardson (1832). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cygnus (Clangocycnus) buccinator by Wetmore (1940); it was recombined as Olor (Clangocycnus) buccinator by Wetmore (1956); it was recombined as Olor buccinator by Parmalee (1958) and Dundas (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Cygnus buccinator Richardson
1930Cygnus buccinator Hay p. 301
1931Cygnus buccinator Wetmore p. 19
1940Cygnus (Clangocycnus) buccinator Wetmore p. 19
1946Cygnus buccinator Howard p. 159
1956Olor (Clangocycnus) buccinator Wetmore p. 25
1958Olor buccinator Parmalee p. 171
1967Cygnus buccinator Jehl p. 24
2005Olor buccinator Dundas p. 3
2014Cygnus buccinator del Hoyo et al.
2017Cygnus buccinator Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderAnseriformesWagler 1831
familyAnatidaeVigors 1825
subfamilyAnserinaeVigors 1825
subfamilyCygninae
genusCygnusGarsault 1764
speciesbuccinatorRichardson 1832

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Cygnus buccinator Richardson 1832 [trumpeter swan]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available