Ducks, Geese & Swans in Quebec
Our list for Quebec has 34 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 13 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors, 9 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Quebec in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 34, most common first
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly May–Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantRare40–47 cmRegularly May
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantRare75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
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