Ducks, Geese & Swans in Chad
Our list for Chad has 5 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
All 5, most common first
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisPassage migrantCommon75–115 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantCommon63–73 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorScarceCommon45–53 cm
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Garganey 37–41 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck 45–53 cm
- Egyptian Goose 63–73 cm
- Spur-winged Goose 75–115 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