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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Germany in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 46, most common first
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentUncommon68–78 cmRecorded all year
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRecorded all year
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorRare68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorRare35–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensResidentRare69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
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