Ducks, Geese & Swans in Czechia
Our list for Czechia has 39 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 2 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Czechia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 39, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–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