Ducks, Geese & Swans in Netherlands
Our list for Netherlands has 45 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 18 residents, 2 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Netherlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 45, most common first
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly May–Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Aug–May
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRecorded all year
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorRare51–58 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentRare35–43 cmRecorded all year
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Jul–May
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisScarceRare68–88 cm
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