What is Black swan?
''For the movie, see [[Black Swan (movie)]].'' {{Taxobox | name = Black swan | status_system = IUCN3.1 | image = Black swan rdg.jpg | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Anseriformes]] | familia = [[Anatidae]] | genus = ''[[swan|Cygnus]]'' | species = ''C. atratus'' | binomial = ''Cygnus atratus'' | binomial_authority = [[John Latham (ornithologist)|Latham]], 1790 }} The '''black swan''' (''Cygnus atratus'') is a large [[waterbird]] that mostly breeds in the southeast and southwest areas of [[Australia]]. It is different from other [[swan]]s because it is mostly [[black]], though its flight feathers are [[white]]. Their bill is bright red and the tip is white. [[File:Black Swan Family.jpg|thumb|left|Black swan family]] [[File:Flag of Western Australia.svg|thumb|left|State flag of Western australia]] [[File:Cygnus atratus MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.16.5.jpg|thumb| ''Cygnus atratus'']] {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Birds of Australia]] [[Category:Swans]]