Ducks, Geese & Swans in Austria
Our list for Austria has 38 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 1 summer visitor, 17 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Austria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 38, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Data: 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