Ducks, Geese & Swans in Turkey
Our list for Turkey has 28 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 1 summer visitor, 14 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Turkey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 28, most common first
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantRare51–58 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataScarceRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantRare63–73 cmRegularly Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantRare50–71 cmRegularly Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataScarceRare66–84 cm
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
- Common Scoter 43–54 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Velvet Scoter 51–58 cm
- Red-crested Pochard 53–57 cm
- Red-breasted Merganser 52–58 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Eider 50–71 cm
- Common Shelduck 58–67 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Ruddy Shelduck 58–70 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Egyptian Goose 63–73 cm
- Greater White-fronted Goose 64–81 cm
- Muscovy Duck 66–84 cm
- Greylag Goose 75–90 cm
- Tundra Swan 120–150 cm
- Mute Swan 140–160 cm
- Whooper Swan 140–165 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