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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Finland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 37, most common first
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Sep–May
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Nov
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusSummer visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantRare53–57 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaScarceRare58–70 cm
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