Ducks, Geese & Swans in Japan
Our list for Japan has 32 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 24 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Japan 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 Sep–May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorUncommon81–94 cmRegularly Jul–May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Sep–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