Cygnus olor (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
(Mute Swan)

Interactions where Cygnus olor is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
nasal passage nasal passage has blood sucked by UK/Ireland Theromyzon tessulatum a leech Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
/Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Rhynchobdellida/Glossiphoniidae/Theromyzon tessulatum/Theromyzon tessulatuma leech Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood suckerUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Anseriformes/Anatidae/Cygnus olor/Cygnus olormute swannasal passage sucks the blood of nasal passage
small intestine small intestine is endoparasitised by fluke UK/Ireland Filicollis anatis a thorny-headed worm The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
/Animalia/Acanthocephala/Filicollis anatis/Filicollis anatisa thorny-headed wormfluke Animal / parasite / endoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Anseriformes/Anatidae/Cygnus olor/Cygnus olormute swansmall intestine fluke endoparasitises small intestine
small intestine small intestine is endoparasitised by fluke UK/Ireland Polymorphus minutus a thorny-headed worm The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
/Animalia/Acanthocephala/Polymorphus minutus/Polymorphus minutusa thorny-headed wormfluke Animal / parasite / endoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Anseriformes/Anatidae/Cygnus olor/Cygnus olormute swansmall intestine fluke endoparasitises small intestine
small intestine small intestine is endoparasitised by tapeworm UK/Ireland Nematoparataenia southwelli a fluke Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Cestoda/Cyclophyllidea/Hymenolepididae/Nematoparataenia southwelli/Nematoparataenia southwellia fluketapeworm Animal / parasite / endoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Anseriformes/Anatidae/Cygnus olor/Cygnus olormute swansmall intestine tapeworm endoparasitises small intestine
small intestine small intestine is endoparasitised by fluke UK/Ireland Cotylurus cornutus a fluke Diplostomida: Strigeidae The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Diplostomida/Strigeidae/Cotylurus cornutus/Cotylurus cornutusa flukefluke Animal / parasite / endoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Anseriformes/Anatidae/Cygnus olor/Cygnus olormute swansmall intestine fluke endoparasitises small intestine
trachea trachea is endoparasitised by fluke UK/Ireland Typhlocoelum sisowi a fluke Diplostomida: Typhlocoelidae The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Diplostomida/Typhlocoelidae/Typhlocoelum sisowi/Typhlocoelum sisowia flukefluke Animal / parasite / endoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Anseriformes/Anatidae/Cygnus olor/Cygnus olormute swantrachea fluke endoparasitises trachea

Author & YearTitleSource
Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on ParasitesField Studies 3: 681-718.

Cygnus olor (Mute Swan) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cygnus olor (Mute Swan) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCygnus olor (Mute Swan)
GenusCygnus (swans)
FamilyANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans)
OrderANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cygnus olor (Mute Swan)

Cygnus olor (Mute Swan) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cygnus olor (Mute Swan):

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