Ducks, Geese & Swans in Belgium
Our list for Belgium has 45 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 2 summer visitors, 21 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Belgium in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 45, most common first
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorRare53–57 cmRegularly Aug–May
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRegularly Sep–May
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusScarceRare40–49 cm
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisScarceRare35–43 cm
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensScarceRare69–84 cm
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorScarceRare45–53 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