Ducks, Geese & Swans in Italy
Our list for Italy has 35 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 1 summer visitor, 18 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Italy in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 35, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
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