Ducks, Geese & Swans in Honduras
Our list for Honduras has 7 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Honduras in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantRare34–38 cmRegularly Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorRare59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorScarceRare52–58 cmRegularly Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantRare50–65 cmRegularly May–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck 45–53 cm
- Red-breasted Merganser 52–58 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Muscovy Duck 66–84 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