Ducks, Geese & Swans in Belize
Our list for Belize has 8 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Belize in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorScarceRare52–58 cmRegularly Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantRare59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorRare34–38 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraPassage migrantRare36–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaScarceRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov
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