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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in New Jersey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 31, most common first
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
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