Ducks, Geese & Swans in Latvia
Our list for Latvia has 32 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 8 summer visitors, 7 winter visitors, 11 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Latvia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 32, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–May
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–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