Ducks, Geese & Swans in Alaska
Our list for Alaska has 33 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 12 summer visitors, 7 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Alaska in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 33, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentCommon37–60 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiSummer visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly May–Mar
King EiderSomateria spectabilisSummer visitorCommon46–64 cmRegularly May–Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Jul–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