AQUINO Italian, Spanish. From the name of an Italian town near Rome, the home town of the 13th-century saint Thomas Aquinas. In Italy it is derived directly from the town's name. As a Spanish-language surname, it was sometimes bestowed by missionaries in honour of the saint as they evangelized in Spanish colonies.
It depends how you define âlargest.â The largest bird in Washington state by weight is the trumpeter swan, which, at 23 pounds, is one of the heaviest flying birds anywhere. These birds are typically about 60 inches long, with a wing span of 80 inches.
Cygnus buccinator ORDER: ANSERIFORMES FAMILY: ANATIDAE. IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern. Trumpeter Swans demand superlatives: theyâre our biggest native waterfowl, stretching to 6 feet in length and weighing more than 25 poundsâalmost twice as massive as a Tundra Swan. Getting airborne requires a lumbering takeoff along a 100-yard runway.