Ducks, Geese & Swans in Pennsylvania
Our list for Pennsylvania has 31 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 1 summer visitor, 20 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Pennsylvania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 31, most common first
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly May–Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataScarceRare41–49 cm
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 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