Ducks, Geese & Swans in Switzerland
Our list for Switzerland has 37 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 1 summer visitor, 21 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Switzerland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 37, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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