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Well, first the colour. Black swans are ... well... black with a bright red beak and mute swans are white with a black band above the beak and the beak is a orange melting into a red near the tip. Second, mute swans tend to be much quieter than other swans. Mute swans are also one of the heaviest flying birds. Unlike black swans they tend to also be more territorial.

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A Mute Swan has an orange bill.

The Whooper's is bright yellow. A Mute Swan also has a black knob at the base of its beak which is larger in males.

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The difference between a mute swan and a whooper swan is a mute swan has a orange bill.

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The name 'Mute' derives from the fact that they are just less vocal than other species

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