Giant swan Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Reconstruction of Cygnus falconeri with Palaeoloxodon falconeri and a human for scale
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Genus:	Cygnus
Species:	C. falconeri
Binomial name
Cygnus falconeri Parker, 1865[1]

Cygnus falconeri is an extinct, very large swan known from Middle Pleistocene-aged deposits from Malta and Sicily. Its dimensions are described as exceeding those of the living mute swan by one-third,^[2] which would give a bill-to-tail length of about 190–210 cm (75–83 in) (based on 145–160 cm for C. olor^[3]). By comparison to the bones of living swans, it can be estimated that it weighed around 16 kg (35 lb) and had a wingspan of about 3 m (9.8 ft).^[4][5][6] Due to its size, it may have been flightless.^[7] The remains of the species are associated with the Elephas mnaidriensis faunal complex, and became extinct long before the arrival of people to Sicily and Malta.^[8] Its bones are exhibited at Għar Dalam museum in Birżebbuġa, Malta.

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