Ducks, Geese & Swans in Texas
Our list for Texas has 31 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 19 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Texas in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 31, most common first
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 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