Mute Swan

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With snow-white wings, an S-shaped neck and an orange bill tipped black, the mute swan drifts across European lakes and winter Asian wetlands. Nearly silent, it pulls weeds from the shallows and courts for life, a living emblem of grace on glassy water.

Habitat: The Mute Swan can be found in Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-and-herz, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United-kingdom, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Armenia, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, South-korea, Kyrgyzstan, Spain, North-korea, Australia, Iceland, New-zealand, United-states-of-america, Florida-us, Alaska-us, Texas-us, California-us, New-york-us, Hawaii-us, Canada, South-africa, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Syria, United-arab-emirates, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Tajikistan