{"id":14752,"date":"2012-06-29T17:22:20","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T15:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/swans\/mute-swan-cygnus-olor\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:12:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:12:42","slug":"mute-swan-cygnus-olor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/swans\/mute-swan-cygnus-olor\/","title":{"rendered":"Mute Swan Cygnus olor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan, and hence in turn a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is native to much of Europe and Asia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. It is also an introduced species in North America, Australasia and southern Africa. The name &#8216;mute&#8217; derives from its being less vocal than other swan species, though it is not always silent.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Mute Swan\u00a0<i>Cygnus\u00a0olor<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-4-14752\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9706\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mute-swan-cygnus-olor\/mute_swan_01.jpg\" title=\"Mute Swans Cygnus olor\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mute Swans Cygnus olor\" alt=\"Mute Swans Cygnus olor\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mute-swan-cygnus-olor\/thumbs\/thumbs_mute_swan_01.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mute Swans Cygnus olor<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8327\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mute-swan-cygnus-olor\/mute_swan_1_snapseed.jpg\" title=\"Swans in Tandem\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Swans in Tandem\" alt=\"Swans in Tandem\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mute-swan-cygnus-olor\/thumbs\/thumbs_mute_swan_1_snapseed.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Swans in Tandem<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8325\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mute-swan-cygnus-olor\/mute_swan_2.jpg\" title=\"Mute Swans in Flight\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mute Swans in Flight\" alt=\"Mute Swans in Flight\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mute-swan-cygnus-olor\/thumbs\/thumbs_mute_swan_2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mute Swans in Flight<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8315\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mute-swan-cygnus-olor\/mute_swans_3.jpg\" title=\"Mute Swan Cygnus olor\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mute Swan Cygnus olor\" alt=\"Mute Swan Cygnus olor\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mute-swan-cygnus-olor\/thumbs\/thumbs_mute_swans_3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mute Swan Cygnus olor<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8314\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mute-swan-cygnus-olor\/mute_swans_1.jpg\" title=\"Mute Swan Cygnus olor\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mute Swan Cygnus olor\" alt=\"Mute Swan Cygnus olor\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mute-swan-cygnus-olor\/thumbs\/thumbs_mute_swans_1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mute Swan Cygnus olor<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8313\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mute-swan-cygnus-olor\/mute_swan_1.jpg\" 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