One clip names both of them

83 views between them.

Mute Swan outweighs Mallard 13× — 10.7 kg against 0.8 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

0.84 kg

🦆 Mallard · AVONET

11 kg

🐦 Mute Swan · AVONET

Maximum lifespan

29 yr

🦆 Mallard · AnAge

40 yr

🐦 Mute Swan · AnAge

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

Animals caught on camera

Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.

Shared ancestry

The closest group they share is Anatidae (family), home to 280 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 17 million years ago.

Estimates range from 11 to 31 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

Dates from Jetz, Thomas, Joy, Hartmann & Mooers 2012, Nature 491:444 (CC0).