Ducks, Geese & Swans in France
Our list for France has 43 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 16 residents, 1 summer visitor, 22 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in France in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 43, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
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