Ducks, Geese & Swans in Romania
Our list for Romania has 33 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 1 summer visitor, 15 winter visitors, 5 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Romania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 33, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
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