Ducks, Geese & Swans in Nepal
Our list for Nepal has 19 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 14 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nepal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 19, most common first
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorWinter visitorRare45–53 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantRare64–81 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantRare58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Garganey 37–41 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Mandarin Duck 41–49 cm
- Pochard 42–49 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck 45–53 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Red-crested Pochard 53–57 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Common Shelduck 58–67 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Ruddy Shelduck 58–70 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Greater White-fronted Goose 64–81 cm
- Bar-headed Goose 68–78 cm
- Greylag Goose 75–90 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