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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Iceland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 33, most common first
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorRare42–49 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantRare69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaSummer visitorRare51–58 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly May–Jun
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly May
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisScarceRare35–43 cmRegularly Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Apr–May
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly May–Jun
Black SwanCygnus atratusScarceRare110–142 cm
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