Large waterbird with black plumage, white flight feathers and a red bill, native to Australian wetlands. Has the longest neck of any swan, curved in an S-shape, and moves nomadically between wetlands in response to rainfall rather than fixed migration routes.
Taxonomy
- Order / family / genus
- Anseriformes · Anatidae · Cygnus
Conservation
Least concern
· LCWidespread and abundant taxa.