Ducks, Geese & Swans in Lithuania
Our list for Lithuania has 34 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 7 summer visitors, 10 winter visitors, 12 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Lithuania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 34, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 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