Talk:Coscoroba swan

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Chile and central Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. In winter it flies north to central Chile, northern Argentina, Uruguay and the south east tip of Brazil.

Hang on. Is it a swan or a duck? --Pauldanon 12:46, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * It used to be classified as a true swan, now it is not. It is distantly related to a swan. But it is still closer to a swan, than closer to a duck or closer to a goose.

99.31.154.44 (talk)Nancy —Preceding undated comment added 04:15, 9 June 2009 (UTC).

Contradiction with swan
Swan has another take on the degree of "swaniness" of the Coscoroba Swan. 188.100.204.101 (talk) 15:48, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

The Coscoroba "swan" is not a not a member of the Cygnus family and therefore should not be considered a swan. It is closely related to ducks and geese. Zoologists no longer consider this "swan" a member of the true swans. The assignment of a monotypic genus is a reflection of this fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DeusImperator (talk • contribs) 03:25, 15 July 2010 (UTC)