Ducks, Geese & Swans in Lebanon
Our list for Lebanon has 6 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 1 winter visitor and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Lebanon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–May
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Garganey 37–41 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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

