Ducks, Geese & Swans in China
Our list for China has 35 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 20 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in China in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 35, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorUncommon81–94 cmRecorded all year
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
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