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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in China in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 35, most common first
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentUncommon68–78 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantRare69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisScarceRare58–70 cm
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantRare76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
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