Ducks, Geese & Swans in New York
Our list for New York has 33 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 1 summer visitor, 25 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New York in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 33, 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
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Jul–May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
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