Ducks, Geese & Swans in Barbados
Our list for Barbados has 6 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Barbados in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorCommon45–53 cmRegularly May–Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisScarceUncommon35–43 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Ruddy Duck 35–43 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck 45–53 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Muscovy Duck 66–84 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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