Ducks, Geese & Swans in Greece
Our list for Greece has 32 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 2 summer visitors, 16 winter visitors, 8 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Greece in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 32, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorRare51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantRare39–56 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
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