''Cygnus paloregonus'' is a fossil
swan
Swans are birds of the family (biology), family Anatidae within the genus ''Cygnus''. The swans' closest relatives include the goose, geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form t ...
. It is an ancestor of, and distantly allied to, the
mute swan
The mute swan (''Cygnus olor'') is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurosiberia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. It is an introduced species in North America, home ...
. It is known from the
Pleistocene from
Fossil Lake, Oregon,
Froman's Ferry, Idaho, and from Arizona. It is referred to by
Hildegarde Howard in Delacour's ''The Waterfowl of the World'' as "probably the mute type swan".
See also
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List of fossil bird genera
References
External links
Pleistocene birds of North America
†paloregonus
Birds described in 1878
Fossil taxa described in 1878
Fossils of the United States
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