Ducks, Geese & Swans in Russia
Our list for Russia has 38 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 14 summer visitors, 5 winter visitors, 9 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Russia 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
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Sep–May
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentUncommon37–60 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
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