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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Russia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 38, most common first
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly May–Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantRare76–110 cmRegularly Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly May
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Jun
Black SwanCygnus atratusScarceRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantRare69–84 cmRegularly 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