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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Austria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 38, most common first
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaScarceRare55–66 cm
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaScarceRare50–71 cm
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiScarceRare53–76 cm
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesScarceRare81–94 cm
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