A mute swan typically has only one mate in its lifetime. Pairs usually don’t break up, often only seeking a new partner if their mate dies. Three Swan Species Live in North America Only three ...

Even today the Queen has the right to claim any unmarked mute swan swimming in open water. The Mute Swan – the classic swan seen in British parks – isn’t actually mute, but grunts and hisses.

The whooper swan, like its onomatopoeic cousins, the whistling and the trumpeter, belongs to an elegant society of sisters; the mute ... vulnerable to loss of habitat, is among the most abundant ...