Ducks, Geese & Swans in Estonia
Our list for Estonia has 31 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 9 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors, 9 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Estonia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 31, most common first
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–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