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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Japan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 32, most common first
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorRare55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorRare53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantRare75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
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