Ducks, Geese & Swans in South Africa
Our list for South Africa has 8 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 passage migrant and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in South Africa in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentUncommon75–115 cmRecorded all year
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentRare50–65 cmRecorded all year
Black SwanCygnus atratusScarceRare110–142 cm
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaScarceRare58–67 cm
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserScarceRare75–90 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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