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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Czechia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 39, most common first
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorRare55–66 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisScarceRare68–88 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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