Ducks, Geese & Swans in New Jersey
Our list for New Jersey has 31 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 2 summer visitors, 25 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New Jersey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 31, most common first
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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