Ducks, Geese & Swans in Sweden
Our list for Sweden has 40 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 17 residents, 3 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Sweden in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 40, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Nov
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Aug–May
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
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