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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in France in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 43, most common first
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Oct–May
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRecorded all year
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorRare35–43 cmRegularly May–Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiScarceRare53–76 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