Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Cygnus [columbianus or bewickii] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other related concepts

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

Other synonyms

Arabic: تم التندرا (columbianus)
Asturian: Cisne, Cisne pequeñu (neárticu), Piqueñu
Azerbaijani: Kiçik qu (columbianus yarımnövü), Kiçik qu quşu, vistlinq qu quşu
Bashkir: Америка аҡҡошо
Belarusian: Малы лебедзь
Bulgarian: Tундров лебед, Малък лебед американски, Тундров лебед, Тундров лебед (ssp. columbianus)
Bengali: চ঱঳ভায ভযার , থুন্দ্রা ভযার
Bengali (transliteration): śisamāra marāla*, thundrā marāla
Breton: An alarc'h Bewick
Catalan: Cigne petit, Cigne petit (neàrtic)
Catalan (Balears): Cigne petit
Cree: oshoashoo myapshoo, wâpisiw, wapsoo
Cree, Plains: oshoashoo myapshoo, wapsoo
Cree (syllabic): ᐚᐱᓯᐤ
Czech: Labut malá, Labuť malá, labuť malá (ssp. columbianus), labuť malá americká
Chuvash: Америка акăшĕ
Welsh: Alarch Bewick
Danish: Pibesvane, Pibesvane (ssp. columbianus), Tundrasvane
German: Pfeifschwan, Zwergschwan, Zwergschwan (Pfeifschwan)
Greek: Νανόκυκνος, Νανόκυκνος (columbianus)
Greek (Cypriot): Νανόκυκνος
English: Bewick's Swan, Tundra Swan, Tundra Swan (Whistling), Whistling swan, Whistling Swan (atlanticus), Whistling Swan (nominate)
English (United Kingdom): Bewick's Swan, Bewick's Swan (Whistling)
English, HBW: Tundra Swan (Whistling)
English (IOC): Tundra Swan (Whistling)
English (United States): Tundra Swan (Whistling)
Esperanto: Malgranda cigno
Spanish: Cinse de tundra, Cisne chico, Cisne Chico (neártico), Cisne de tundra, Cisne de Tundra (columbianus), Cisne silbador, Cisne silbón
Spanish (Cuba): Cisne, Cisne (columbianus)
Spanish (Spain): Cisne Chico, Cisne Chico (Neartico), Cisne chico (neártico)
Spanish (HBW): Tundra Swan (Whistling)
Spanish (Mexico): Cisne de tundra, Cisne de Tundra (columbianus)
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Cisne de Tundra
Estonian: Ameerika väikeluik, Väikeluik
Basque: Beltxarga txistularia, Beltxarga txistularia (columbianus), Cigne petit
Persian: قوی کوچک, قوی کوچک (columbianus)
Finnish: Pikkujoutsen, pikkujoutsen (alalaji columbianus), pikkujoutsen (columbianus)
Faroese: Smáokn
French: Cygne américain, Cygne de Bewick, Cygne siffleur, Cygne siffleur (atlanticus), Cygne siffleur (columbianus), Cygne siffleur (nominal), Cygne siffleur (nominale), Cygne siffleur (race nominale)
Frisian: Lytse Swan
Irish: Eala Bewick
Gaelic: Eala Bheag
Galician: Cigne petit, Cisne pequeno, Cisne pequeño (neártico)
Hebrew: ברבור טונדרה, ברבור קטן, ברבור קטן (שורק)
Croatian: Mali labud
Hungarian: Kis hattyú, Kis hattyú (Fütyülő)
Armenian: Փոքր Կարապ, Փոքր կարապ (Սուլող)
Icelandic: Blístursvanur, Dvergsvanur, Dvergsvanur (columbianus)
Italian: Cigno minore
Inuktitut: Qujjuk, Qussuk
Japanese (romaji): amerika ko haku-chō, amerikakohakuchou, haku-chō, ko haku-chō, Ko-hakucho, Ko-hakuchou, kohakuchou (columbianus)
Japanese: アメリカコハクチョウ, アメリカコハクチョウ (columbianus), コハクチョウ, コハクチョウ (columbianus), コハクチョウ（亜種 アメリカコハクチョウ）, ハクチョウ
Japanese (Kanji): アメリカ小白鳥, 小白鳥, 白鳥
Georgian: მცირე მყივანი გედი
Kabardian: америкэкъыу
Kazakh: Америка аққуы, Кіші аққу
Kazakh (Transliteration): kişi aq-qw
Korean: 고니
Korean (Transliteration): goni
Kirghiz: Америка куусу
Scientific: Anas Columbianus, Cygnus bewickii, Cygnus bewickii bewickii, Cygnus columbianus, Cygnus columbianus (atlanticus), Cygnus columbianus (columbianus), Cygnus columbianus atlanticus, Cygnus columbianus bewickii, Cygnus columbianus columbianus, Olor columbianus, Olor columbianus columbianus
Lithuanian: Mažoji gulbe, Mažoji gulbė, Tundrinė gulbė, Tundrinė gulbė (columbianus)
Latvian: Mazais gulbis
Macedonian: мал лебед
Mongolian: Гунгар хун
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠭᠣᠨᠭᠠᠷ ᠬᠣᠨ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠣᠭᠣᠳᠣᠩ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠣᠲᠣ ᠬᠣᠨ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Оодон хушуут хун, Толбот хун
Mongolian (Transliteration): guŋg ar khuŋ, oodoŋ hushuut huŋ, tolbot khuŋ
Nepali: राजहंस
Dutch: Fluit zwaan, Fluitzwaan, Kleine zwaan, Kleine Zwaan (columbianus)
Norwegian: Dvergsvane, dvergsvane (columbianus), rasen columbianus
Polish: labedz czarnodzioby, Łabędź czarnodzioby, łabędź czarnodzioby (columbianus), łabędź czarnodzioby (łabędź mały)
Pinyin: bái-é, duǎn-zuǐ tiān-é, hú, shí-é, táiyuán tiān-é, xiǎo tiān-é, xiào-shēng tiān-é
Portuguese: cisne pequeno, Cisne-pequeno
Portuguese (Portugal): Cisne-assobiador, Cisne-pequeno, cisne-pequeno (columbianus)
Romansh: cign pitschen
Russian: Американский лебедь, Американский лебедь (Американский), Лебедь американский, Малый лебедь, Тундровый лебедь
Yakut: Америка кубата
Northern Sami: Deagganjukcá
Slovak: labuť tundrová, labuť tundrová (skup.)
Slovenian: mali labod, Mali labod (columbianus)
Albanian: Mjelma e vogël
Serbian: Mali labud, Mali labud (columbianus)
Swedish: Mindre sångsvan, mindre sångsvan (columbianus), Tundrasvan
Turkish: Küçük Kuğu, Küçük Kuğu (columbianus), Küçük Kuşu, Tundra Kuğusu, Кіші аққу
Tatar: Америка аккошы
Udmurt: Америкаысь юсь
Ukrainian: Американський лебідь
Uzbek: Америка тундра оққуши
Chinese: 啸声天鹅, 小天鹅, 小天鹅（北美）, 白鹅, 短嘴天鹅, 苔原天鹅, 食鹅, 鹄
Chinese (Traditional): 嘯聲天鵝, 小天鵝, 小天鹅（北美）, 白鵝, 短嘴天鵝, 苔原天鵝, 食鵝, 鵠
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 小天鵝, 鵠
Chinese (Taiwan): 小天鹅, 鹄