Ducks, Geese & Swans in Canada
Our list for Canada has 36 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 2 summer visitors, 22 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Canada in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 36, most common first
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRecorded all year
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