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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Ontario in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 33, most common first
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraScarceRare36–43 cm
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaScarceRare40–47 cm
Black SwanCygnus atratusScarceRare110–142 cm
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