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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Norway in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 38, most common first
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisSummer visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisResidentUncommon68–88 cmRecorded all year
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusSummer visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantRare53–57 cmRegularly Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensScarceRare69–84 cm
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiScarceRare53–76 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