Cygnus paloregonus is a fossil swan. It is an ancestor of, and distantly allied to, the mute swan. It is known from the Pleistocene from Fossil Lake, Oregon, Froman's Ferry, Idaho, and from Arizona. It is referred to by Hildegarde Howard in Delacour's The Waterfowl of the World as "probably the mute type swan". See also List of fossil bird genera References External links Pleistocene birds of North America †paloregonus Birds described in 1878 Fossil taxa described in 1878 Fossils of the United States