Ducks, Geese & Swans in New Brunswick
Our list for New Brunswick has 25 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 7 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New Brunswick in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 25, most common first
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Dec–May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Ruddy Duck 35–43 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Hooded Merganser 40–49 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Greater Scaup 39–56 cm
- Long-tailed Duck 37–60 cm
- Wood Duck 47–54 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Surf Scoter 48–60 cm
- Red-breasted Merganser 52–58 cm
- King Eider 46–64 cm
- American Black Duck 54–59 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Eider 50–71 cm
- Brent Goose 55–66 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Cackling Goose 53–76 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Pink-footed Goose 60–75 cm
- Greater White-fronted Goose 64–81 cm
- Snow Goose 69–84 cm
- Canada Goose 76–110 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