Ducks, Geese & Swans in Iceland
Our list for Iceland has 33 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 10 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Iceland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 33, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResidentCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusSummer visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorUncommon46–64 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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