Ducks, Geese & Swans in Spain
Our list for Spain has 39 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 19 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Spain in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 39, most common first
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorRare60–75 cmRegularly Oct–May
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorRare68–78 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year
American Black DuckAnas rubripesScarceRare54–59 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorRare76–110 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRecorded all year
SmewMergellus albellusScarceRare38–44 cm
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