coscoroba

plural coscorobas

1. An anatid bird, Coscoroba coscoroba, of the monotypic genus Coscoroba and the only swan not belonging to Cygnus.

   The blacks produced four cygnets, the black-necks three, and the coscorobas six. Only one black swan cygnet died. Two coscoroba cygnets, unable to compete with their siblings, were taken at 28 days and hand-reared.

   1977, National Zoological Park (U.S.), Annual Report - National Zoological Park

   3 more examples

   Their bills and legs are pink. The two babies are very light grey with dark markings. The coscorobas built a nest in February with twigs and brush provided by their keepers. The female laid two eggs, but one rolled into the pool and the other [...]

   1950, Parks & Recreation

   The coscorobas have a wonderfully detached, rather languid manner of rising from the water and flying, well befitting their aristocratic air. Graceful, too, in their smaller proportion were the brown or Chilean pintails, [...]

   1969, Sidney Dillon Ripley, A paddling of ducks

   The history of the coscorobas at the Bronx Zoo is of particular interest because they were among the earliest acquisitions to the society's bird collection; four coscorobas from Brazil arrived on October 2, 1899, just a little over one month before [...]

   1972, Animal Kingdom

   Synonyms: coscoroba swan