Ducks, Geese & Swans in Taiwan
Our list for Taiwan has 24 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 20 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Taiwan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 24, most common first
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Garganey 37–41 cm
- Smew 38–44 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Mandarin Duck 41–49 cm
- Pochard 42–49 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Greater Scaup 39–56 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Red-breasted Merganser 52–58 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Common Shelduck 58–67 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Ruddy Shelduck 58–70 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Greater White-fronted Goose 64–81 cm
- Muscovy Duck 66–84 cm
- Tundra Bean Goose 66–84 cm
- Taiga Bean Goose 68–88 cm
- Greylag Goose 75–90 cm
- Swan Goose 81–94 cm
- Tundra Swan 120–150 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






