Ducks, Geese & Swans in Ukraine
Our list for Ukraine has 32 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 2 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors and 11 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ukraine in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 32, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
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