Bird
Mute Swan
Cygnus olor
Lives in North Carolina all year and nests here. Found in 20 of 100 counties.
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 20 of 100 counties

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 20 of 100 counties
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
No habitat recorded.
Seasons in North Carolina
- Year-round: nests here, in 20 of 100 counties.
Food plants
Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.
Native plants in these genera 28
- Slender WaternymphNajas gracillima
- Southern WaternymphNajas guadalupensis
- Alga-like PondweedPotamogeton confervoides
- Clasping-leaf PondweedPotamogeton perfoliatus
- Illinois PondweedPotamogeton illinoensis
- Largeleaf PondweedPotamogeton amplifolius
- Leafy PondweedPotamogeton foliosus
- Longleaf PondweedPotamogeton nodosus
- Ribbonleaf PondweedPotamogeton epihydrus
- Small PondweedPotamogeton pusillus
- Snail-seed PondweedPotamogeton bicupulatus
- Spotted PondweedPotamogeton pulcher
- Waterthread PondweedPotamogeton diversifolius
- Sago PondweedStuckenia pectinata
- American EelgrassVallisneria americana
- Common HornwortCeratophyllum demersum
- Southern HornwortCeratophyllum australe
- Spineless HornwortCeratophyllum echinatum
- Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii
- Cutleaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum pinnatum
- Loose Water-milfoilMyriophyllum laxum
- Slender Water-milfoilMyriophyllum tenellum
- Variable-leaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum heterophyllum
Plant genera in its diet records (13)
- Najas Seeds and leaves. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in North Carolina
- Potamogeton Leaves. 2 diet records. 11 native plants in North Carolina
- Stuckenia Leaves and roots. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in North Carolina
- Vallisneria Leaves. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in North Carolina
- Ceratophyllum Leaves. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in North Carolina
- Chara Leaves. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
- Elodea Leaves. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in North Carolina
- Musa Roots. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
- Myriophyllum Leaves. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in North Carolina
- Nitella Leaves. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
- Ruppia Leaves. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in North Carolina
- Sparganium Seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in North Carolina
- Zizania Leaves. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in North Carolina
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)
- Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab) (CC0 1.0), diet records by plant genus









