whooper in English

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a large migratory swan with a black and yellow bill and a loud trumpeting call, breeding in northern Eurasia and Greenland.
Today, fewer than 200 whoopers survive in the wild, most migrating with sandhill cranes between Canada and Texas.
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1. In this study, we report the identification and genetic analysis of 2 HPAI Clade 2.3.4.4 H5N6 viruses isolated from whooper swan …

2. The confirmed cases of avian flu in the Republic of Ireland so far this winter were in a Curlew (Mayo), three Peregrine Falcons (Limerick, Cork, Mayo), a Whooper Swan (Wicklow), a Barnacle Goose (Cork) and four Mute Swans ( 2 in Monaghan, 1 in Kildare, 1