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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Canada in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 36, most common first
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaResidentUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRecorded all year
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorRare60–75 cmRecorded all year
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusScarceRare140–165 cmRegularly Apr
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