Ducks, Geese & Swans in Algeria
Our list for Algeria has 11 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 3 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Algeria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–May
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserScarceUncommon75–90 cm
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataScarceUncommon66–84 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made