Ducks, Geese & Swans in Portugal
Our list for Portugal has 34 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 12 residents, 16 winter visitors, 5 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Portugal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 34, most common first
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantRare76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensScarceRare69–84 cm
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year
American Black DuckAnas rubripesPassage migrantRare54–59 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantRare51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
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