Ducks, Geese & Swans in Poland
Our list for Poland has 41 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 2 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Poland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 41, most common first
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov–May
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Mar
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Sep–May
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly May
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