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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Alaska in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 33, most common first
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantRare140–165 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorRare35–43 cmRegularly May–Nov
PochardAythya ferinaScarceRare42–49 cm
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly May
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly May–Jun
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantRare68–88 cmRegularly May–Jun
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly May
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentRare36–43 cmRegularly May
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