Bird Illustrations

Ducks:

Charcoal sketch of an upended swan feeding underwater, with its pale body and two webbed feet above ripples.

Swan (Cygnus), charcoal

About the illustration:
Commissioned by: Wisconsin Sea Grant, University of Wisconsin­Madison,
Madison JASON

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (having a spinal cord)
Class: Aves (birds)
Order: Anseriformes (waterfowl, including ducks, swans, and geese)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Subfamily: Anserinae (swans and true geese)
Genus: Cygnus