Black swan
The black swan (''Cygnus atratus'') is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. Within Australia, the black swan is nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent upon c ...
is the common name for ''Cygnus atratus'', an Australasian waterfowl.
(The) Black Swan(s) may also refer to:
Film and television
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''The Black Swan'' (film), a 1942 swashbuckler film
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''Black Swans'' (film), a 2005 Dutch drama film
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''Black Swan'' (film), a 2010 film starring Natalie Portman
*"Black Swan", an episode of ''
FlashForward''
*"The Black Swan", an episode of ''
Curb Your Enthusiasm
''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' is an American television sitcom produced and broadcast by HBO since October 15, 2000, and created by Larry David, who stars as a semi-fictionalized version of himself. It follows David's life as a semi-retired televisio ...
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Literature
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Black Swan (imprint)
Transworld Publishers Ltd. is a British publishing house in Ealing, London that is a division of Penguin Random House, one of the world's largest mass media groups. It was established in 1950 as the British division of American company Bant ...
, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, UK
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''The Black Swan'' (Lackey novel), a fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey
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''The Black Swan'' (Mann novel), a short book by Thomas Mann
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''The Black Swan'' (Sabatini novel), a 1932 pirate adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable'', a 2007 book about uncertainty by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Black Swan (comics) Black Swan is the name of two supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Publication history Black swan (mutant)
The first Black Swan appeared in ''Deadpool'' #65 and was created by Gail Simone and the artists of U ...
, a German Marvel Comics mercenary and enemy to Deadpool and Agent X
*"The Black Swan", a 1994 work of short fiction by
Grace Andreacchi
Grace Andreacchi (born December 3, 1954) is an American-born author known for her blend of poetic language and modernism with a post-modernist sensibility. Andreacchi is active as a novelist, poet and playwright.
Biography
Grace Andreacchi wa ...
*"Black Swans", a 1997 essay by
Lauren Slater
Music
Artists
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Elizabeth Greenfield
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield (1809 – March 31, 1876), dubbed "The Black Swan" (a play on Jenny Lind's sobriquet, "The Swedish Nightingale), was an American singer considered the best-known black concert artist of her time. She was lauded by ...
(1809–1876), or The Black Swan, an American singer
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The Black Swans
The Black Swans are an American indie rock band. Jerry DeCicca (Singing, vocals and guitarist, acoustic guitar) and Noel Sayre (viola and violin) form the core of the band. Their debut, ''Who Will Walk in the Darkness with You?'' features Milan ...
, an American indie rock band
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Blackswan
Blackswan (Korean: 블랙스완; stylized as BLACKSWAN) are a South Korean-based multinational girl group formed by DR Music, with an admission and graduation concept. As of December 2022, the group consists of Fatou, Leia, Gabi, Sriya, and ...
, a South Korean girl group
Albums
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''Black Swan'' (album), an album by Athlete
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blkswn
''blkswn'' (pronounced ''black swan'') is the debut studio album by American rapper Smino. It was released on March 14, 2017 with Zero Fatigue under license to Downtown Records.
The album includes guest appearances from Ravyn Lenae, Bari, theM ...
'', an album by Smino, or its title track
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''The Black Swan'' (Bert Jansch album)
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''The Black Swan'' (Story of the Year album), or its title track
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''The Black Swan'' (The Triffids album)
Songs
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"Black Swan", a 2020 song by BTS from ''Map of the Soul: 7''
*"Black Swan", a song by Tori Amos from several singles including ''
Past the Mission
"Past the Mission" is a song by American singer-songwriter and musician Tori Amos. It was released as the third single from her second studio album ''Under the Pink'' in Europe, Australia and North America; but was the fourth release worldwide, du ...
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*"Black Swan", a 2006 song by
Belladonna from ''Metaphysical Attraction''
*"Black Swan", a 2005 song by Greg Dulli from ''
Amber Headlights
''Amber Headlights'' is an album by Greg Dulli, released in 2005.
Production
In 2001, Dulli started to work on the follow-up to The Twilight Singers' debut album '' Twilight as Played by The Twilight Singers''. However, the death of his clos ...
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*"Black Swan", a 2007 song by Megadeth from some versions of ''
United Abominations
''United Abominations'' is the eleventh studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth. Released on May 15, 2007, ''United Abominations'' is the first Megadeth release distributed through Roadrunner Records and, with the exception of the ban ...
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*"Black Swan", an aria in Gian Carlo Menotti's opera ''
The Medium
''The Medium'' is a short (one-hour-long) two-act dramatic opera with words and music by Gian Carlo Menotti. Commissioned by the Alice M. Ditson Fund at Columbia University, its first performance was there on 8 May 1946. The opera's first profes ...
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*"Black Swan", a 2006 song by Thom Yorke from ''
The Eraser
''The Eraser'' is the debut solo album by the English musician Thom Yorke, released on 10 July 2006 through XL Recordings. It was produced by Nigel Godrich, the longtime producer for Yorke's band Radiohead.
''The Eraser'' comprises electronic ...
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*"Black Swan", a 2020 song by
TWRP, from the album ''Over the Top''
Labels
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Black Swan Records
Black Swan Records was an American jazz and blues record label founded in 1921 in Harlem, New York. It was the first widely distributed label to be owned, operated, and marketed to African Americans. (Broome Special Phonograph Records was the firs ...
, a 1920s US record label
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Black Swan Records (UK), a 1960s UK record label
Pubs and hotels
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The Black Swan, Oldstead, an inn in Oldstead, North Yorkshire, England
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The Black Swan, York
The Black Swan is a public house in the city centre of York, in England.
The building lies on Peasholme Green, on the site of an important Mediaeval house which had been occupied by various Lord Mayors of York and Members of Parliament. In 156 ...
, a pub in York, England
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Black Swan Hotel, Devizes, an inn in Devizes, Wiltshire, England
Ships
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HMS ''Black Swan'' (L57), a sloop of the Royal Navy launched in 1939
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''Black Swan''-class sloop
*''Black Swan''-class sloop-of-war, a
proposed British Royal Navy warship class
Stage
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Black Swan State Theatre Company
Black Swan State Theatre Company (formerly The Black Swan Theatre Company) is Western Australia's state theatre company. It runs an annual subscription season in Perth at the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia, tours its productions reg ...
, a theatre company of Western Australia
*Black Swan Theatre, a performance venue for the
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States, founded in 1935 by Angus L. Bowmer. The Festival now offers matinee and evening performances of a wide range of classic and contemporary pla ...
*The Black Swan or Odile, a character in ''
Swan Lake
''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoye ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, link=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failur ...
'' by Peter Tchaikovsky
Other uses
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''Black Swan'' (dredge), a bucket dredge used in Perth, Western Australia, 1872–1911
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Black Swan (St. Paul's Churchyard)
Paternoster Row was a street in the City of London that was a centre of the London publishing trade, with booksellers operating from the street. Paternoster Row was described as "almost synonymous" with the book trade. It was part of an area cal ...
, a historical bookseller in London
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Black Swans (special forces)
The Black Swans ( bs, Crni labudovi) was a special forces unit within the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was a Patriotic League unit formed in 1992 in Sapna, under the 2nd Corps (later 1st Corps) which eventually numbered 8 ...
, a special forces unit in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Black Swan Data, a London-based technology and data science company
* Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, now
The Lester Prize, an Australian art prize
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Black Swan Project The Black Swan Project is the project name given by Odyssey Marine Exploration for its discovery and recovery of an estimated US$500 million ( £314 million) worth of silver and gold coins from the ocean floor. Initially Odyssey kept the origin of ...
, the code name of a shipwreck recovery project
*The Black Swan, a character in the 2000 PC game ''
Crimson Skies
''Crimson Skies'' is a tabletop and a video game media franchise created by Jordan Weisman and Dave McCoy, first released as a board game in 1998 and then as a PC game in 2000.
The series' intellectual property is currently owned by Microsoft C ...
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See also
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Black swan emblems and popular culture
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Black swan problem
Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have ...
, the problem of induction in philosophy
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Black swan theory
The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. The term is based on ...
, a term developed by Nassim Taleb to label unexpected, rare events
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Faulty generalization
A faulty generalization is an informal fallacy wherein a conclusion is drawn about all or many instances of a phenomenon on the basis of one or a few instances of that phenomenon. It is similar to a proof by example in mathematics. It is an exampl ...
, including the black swan fallacy
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Inverted Swan
The Inverted Swan, a 4-pence blue postage stamp issued in 1855 by Western Australia, was one of the world's first invert errors. Technically, it is the frame that is inverted, not the image of the swan, but it has become commonly known as the ...
, a stamp featuring a printing error
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