Ducks, Geese & Swans in Gambia
Our list for Gambia has 5 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 1 winter visitor, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Gambia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisWinter visitorUncommon75–115 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantRare44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantRare59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaScarceRare34–38 cm
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Garganey 37–41 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Spur-winged Goose 75–115 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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