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Species status: full species

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Other related concepts

• Cygnus [cygnus x olor] (hybrid)
• Cygnus [atratus x cygnus] (hybrid)
• Cygnus [columbianus x cygnus] (hybrid)
• Cygnus [columbianus bewickii x cygnus] (hybrid)
• Anser anser x Cygnus cygnus (hybrid)
• Cygnus [buccinator x cygnus] (hybrid)
• Cygnus [columbianus or cygnus] (taxon group)
• Branta canadensis x Cygnus cygnus (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аМшынҟызшкәакәа
Afrikaans: Singswaan
Arabic: تم صافر
Asturian: Cisne Glayador, Cisñe Xiblón, Cisnie Xiblón
Azerbaijani: Harayçı qu, Haraycı qu quşu, harayçı qu quşu, harayçı qulələk
Bashkir: аҡҡош, ҡаңғылдаҡ аҡҡош
Belarusian: Лебедзь-клiкун, Лебедзь-клікун
Bulgarian: Поен лебед
Bengali: হ঴া঩ায ভযার
Bengali (transliteration): hōpāra marāla
Breton: Alarc'h-kristilh, An alarc'h-kristilh
Catalan: Cigne cantaire
Catalan (Balears): Cigne cantaire
Valencian: Cigne cantaire
Montenegrin: veliki labud, žutokljuni labud, велики лабуд, жутокљуни лабуд
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): велики лабуд, жутокљуни лабуд
Czech: labu zpìvná, Labut zpevná, Labuť zpěvná
Chuvash: йыхравçă акăш, кăнтăр акăшĕ, хоракăш, хораккăш, хур кайăк акăшĕ, хуракăш, шурă акăш
Welsh: Alarch chwibanol, Alarch gwyllt, Alarch y gogledd, Alorch y gogledd, Elrck
Danish: Sangsvane
German: Singschwan
Greek: Αγριόκυκvoς, Αγριόκυκνος, Αρκόκυκνος
Greek (Cypriot): Αρκόκυκνος
English: Whooper Swan, Whooping Swan
English, HBW: Whooper Swan
English (IOC): Whooper Swan
English (United States): Whooper Swan
Esperanto: Kantocigno
Spanish: Cisne Cantor
Spanish (Spain): Cisne Cantor
Spanish (HBW): Cisne cantor
Estonian: Laululuik
Basque: Beltxarga oihulari, Beltxarga oihularia, Cigne cantaire
Evenki: багдавкӣ, га̄г, га̄гил, га̄гисал, ӯкси, ӯксэ, ӯкчэ, ӯкшэ, окши, уксе, уктэ, хуба, экши
Persian: قوی فریادکش
Finnish: Joutsen, Laulujoutsen
Faroese: Okn, Okn/Svanur, Svanur
French: Cygne chanteur, Cygne sauvage
Friulian: cign salvadi
Frisian: Kloekswan
Irish: Eala Ghlórach
Gaelic: Eala Bhàn, Eala fhiadhaich
Galician: Cigne cantaire, Cisne bravo, Cisne cantor
Manx: Ollay Chiaullee
Hebrew: ברבור שר, הברבור השר
Croatian: Žutokljuni Labud
Hungarian: Énekes hattyú
Armenian: [Chchan Karap ], Ճչան Կարապ
Icelandic: Álft
Italian: Cigno selvatico
Japanese (romaji): ō haku-chō, O-hakucho, Oh-hakucho, Oo-hakuchoo, oohakuchou, Ou-hakuchou
Japanese: オオハクチョウ
Japanese (Kanji): 大白鳥
Georgian: მყივანი (ყვითელნისკარტა) გედი, მყივანი გედი, ყვითელნისკარტა გედი
Kara-Kalpak: қуў
Kabardian: къыу , къыухужь
Mongolian, Halh: гунгар хун
Khakas: Xyy
Kazakh: Сүњқылдақ аққу, сұңқылдақ аққу, Сұңқылдақ-аққу, шақырғыш аққу
Kazakh (Transliteration): suñqıldaq aq-qw
Greenlandic: Qussuk
Korean: 큰고니
Korean (Transliteration): keun-goni
Karachay-Balkar: акъ баппуш, акъкъуу, къанкъаз, къанкъылдакъ, къуу
North Karelian: laulujoučen
Kirghiz: Ак куу, аккуу, куркулдак куу
Scientific: Anas Cygnus, Cygnus cygnus, Cygnus cygnus cygnus, Cygnus Islandicus, Cygnus Linnéi, Cygnus musicus, Olor cygnus
Luxembourgish: Wëlle Schwan , Wëlle Schwunn
Limburgish: Wilde zwaan
Lithuanian: Giesmininkė gulbė, Gulbe giesmininke, Gulbė giesmininkė
Latvian: Ziemeļu gulbis
Macedonian: Жолтоклун лебед, Лебед пеач
Mongolian: Гангар хун, гунгар хун, оодон хушуут хун, толбот хун
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠭᠠᠨᠭᠠᠷ ᠬᠣᠨ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠭᠠᠨᠭᠠᠷ ᠬᠣᠨ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Гaнгар хун
Mongolian (Transliteration): g aŋg ar khuŋ
Moldavian: Lebădă de iarnă
Maltese: ċinji, Ċinju
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): оодон хушуут хун, толбот хун
Nepali: महाराज हंस
Dutch: Wilde Zwaan
Norwegian Nynorsk: Songsvane
Norwegian: Sangsvane
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): lyhytn’okkuhanhi
Polish: labedz krzykliwy, Łabędź krzykliwy
Pinyin: bái-é, dà tiān-é, hú, huáng-zuǐ tiān-é, ké-shēng tiān-é
Portuguese: cisne bravo, Cisne-bravo
Portuguese (Portugal): Cisne-bravo
Romansh: Cign selvadi
Rhaeto-Romance: Cign selvadi
Romanian: Lebădă de iarnă
Russian: Lebed-klikun, Лебедь кликун, Лебедь-кликун
Yakut: дойдулаах куба, куба, кубалар, кубата
Scots: Eala bhan
Northern Sami: Njukcá, njukča
Slovak: Labuť spevavá
Slovenian: labod pevec
Albanian: Mjelma qafëdrejtë
Serbian: Veliki labud, Žutokljuni labud, Жутоклјуни лабуд, Жутокљуни лабуд
Swedish: Sångsvan
Turkmen: sorha guw, sykylykçy guw
Turkish: İtücü kuğu, Ötücü Kuğu, Ötücü Kuşu, ötücükuğu, Sessiz Kuğu Kuşu, Сұңқылдақ аққу
Tatar: кыйгак аккош, кыйгаклаучы аккош , нәфис аккош , сары борынлы аккош
Tuvinian: Эткир уннуг куу, эткир үннүг куу
Udmurt: юсь, юсьѐс
Ukrainian: Лебідь-кликун
Uzbek: бақироқ оққуш, қийқироқ оққуш, оққуш-кликун
Kalmyk: дондач хун, һацһр хун
Chinese: [da tian-e], [hu], [huang-zui tian-e], [ke-sheng tian-e], 咳声天鹅, 大天鵝, 大天鹅, 白鹅, 鹄, 黃嘴天鵝, 黄嘴天鹅
Chinese (Traditional): 咳聲天鵝, 大天鵝, 白鵝, 鵠, 黃嘴天鵝, 黃嘴天鵝〔大天鵝〕
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 黄嘴天鵝
Chinese (Taiwan): [huang-zui tian-e], 黃嘴天鵝, 黄嘴天鹅