Ducks, Geese & Swans in St Pierre & Miquelon
Our list for St Pierre & Miquelon has 19 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 8 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in St Pierre & Miquelon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 19, most common first
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Apr–May
GadwallMareca streperaScarceUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaScarceUncommon40–47 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Hooded Merganser 40–49 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Greater Scaup 39–56 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Long-tailed Duck 37–60 cm
- Wood Duck 47–54 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Surf Scoter 48–60 cm
- Red-breasted Merganser 52–58 cm
- King Eider 46–64 cm
- American Black Duck 54–59 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Eider 50–71 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Canada Goose 76–110 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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