Ducks, Geese & Swans in United States
Our list for United States has 41 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 26 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in United States in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 41, most common first
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly May–Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorRare60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRecorded all year
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov–May
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
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