Ducks, Geese & Swans in Finland
Our list for Finland has 37 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 17 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 9 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Finland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 37, most common first
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantCommon68–88 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
SmewMergellus albellusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May
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