Ducks, Geese & Swans in Oregon
Our list for Oregon has 31 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 1 summer visitor, 19 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Oregon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 31, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–May
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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