Ducks, Geese & Swans in Norway
Our list for Norway has 38 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 19 residents, 7 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Norway in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 38, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResidentCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
SmewMergellus albellusResidentUncommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
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