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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Sweden in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 40, most common first
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Oct–May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorRare53–57 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusSummer visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly May–Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly May–Jun
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantRare69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantRare63–73 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly May–Aug
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Jun–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