Ducks, Geese & Swans in Ontario
Our list for Ontario has 33 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 summer visitor, 21 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ontario in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 33, most common first
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly May–Nov
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