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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Switzerland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 37, most common first
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
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