Ducks, Geese & Swans in Germany
Our list for Germany has 46 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 19 residents, 2 summer visitors, 22 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Germany in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 46, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 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