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172 duck, goose, or swan species are accepted answers for “Name a species of duck, goose, or swan”. Heteroanser vicinus is the rarest species of duck, goose, or swan in this ranking, with 27 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Amazonetta cubensis is the second-rarest with 1,003 monthly Wikipedia views, 37.1× the figure for Heteroanser vicinus. Canada goose is the most common species of duck, goose, or swan in this ranking, with 366,358 monthly Wikipedia views, 13,569× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 172 answers: 4,288,087. Heteroanser vicinus is under 0.1% of that total. 35 answers are Epic or Legendary: Heteroanser vicinus (Legendary), Amazonetta cubensis (Legendary), Sushkin's goose (Legendary), and 32 more.
Quick answer Most common
Canada goose
Common
366,358 monthly Wikipedia views
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Rarity 0.000
Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).
Ranked answers 172 answers to “Name a species of duck, goose, or swan”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this
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Rank Answer Tier Rarity Monthly Wikipedia views 1 Heteroanser vicinus on Wikipedia Legendary 1.000 27 2 Amazonetta cubensis on Wikipedia Legendary 0.994 1,003 3 Sushkin's goose on Wikipedia Legendary 0.988 1,010 4 Chubut steamer duck on Wikipedia Legendary 0.982 1,661 5 Red shoveler on Wikipedia Legendary 0.977 1,732 6 Andean teal on Wikipedia Legendary 0.971 1,831 7 Cape shoveler on Wikipedia Legendary 0.965 1,835 8 Andean duck on Wikipedia Legendary 0.959 1,995 9 Silver teal on Wikipedia Legendary 0.953 2,206 10 Puna teal on Wikipedia Legendary 0.947 2,212 11 Sunda teal on Wikipedia Legendary 0.942 2,246 12 Hartlaub's duck on Wikipedia Legendary 0.936 2,252 13 Spotted whistling duck on Wikipedia Epic 0.930 2,290 14 Bernier's teal on Wikipedia Epic 0.924 2,386 15 Southern pochard on Wikipedia Epic 0.918 2,439 16 Salvadori's teal on Wikipedia Epic 0.912 2,486 17 Maccoa duck on Wikipedia Epic 0.906 2,522 18 Andaman teal on Wikipedia Epic 0.901 2,534 19 Ashy-headed goose on Wikipedia Epic 0.895 2,561 20 Ruddy-headed goose on Wikipedia Epic 0.889 2,704 21 Bronze-winged duck on Wikipedia Epic 0.883 2,727 22 Flying steamer duck on Wikipedia Epic 0.877 2,816 23 Green pygmy goose on Wikipedia Epic 0.871 2,857 24 Meller's duck on Wikipedia Epic 0.865 3,084 25 Kelp goose on Wikipedia Epic 0.860 3,104 26 Yellow-billed teal on Wikipedia Epic 0.854 3,222 27 Rosy-billed pochard on Wikipedia Epic 0.848 3,252 28 Red-billed teal on Wikipedia Epic 0.842 3,261 29 Cape teal on Wikipedia Epic 0.836 3,400 30 White-backed duck on Wikipedia Epic 0.830 3,423 31 Stejneger's scoter on Wikipedia Epic 0.825 3,460 32 Blue-winged goose on Wikipedia Epic 0.819 3,519 33 Wandering whistling duck on Wikipedia Epic 0.813 3,536 34 Australasian shoveler on Wikipedia Epic 0.807 3,684 35 Chiloé wigeon on Wikipedia Epic 0.801 3,701 36 Blue-billed teal on Wikipedia Rare 0.795 3,895 37 Yellow-billed pintail on Wikipedia Rare 0.789 3,961 38 Masked duck on Wikipedia Rare 0.784 4,126 39 Andean goose on Wikipedia Rare 0.778 4,239 40 Auckland teal on Wikipedia Rare 0.772 4,245 41 South African shelduck on Wikipedia Rare 0.766 4,315 42 Chestnut teal on Wikipedia Rare 0.760 4,468 43 Fuegian steamer duck on Wikipedia Rare 0.754 4,521 44 Black-headed duck on Wikipedia Rare 0.749 4,555 45 Eaton's pintail on Wikipedia Rare 0.743 4,690 46 Comb duck on Wikipedia Rare 0.737 4,789 47 Hardhead on Wikipedia Rare 0.731 4,997 48 Brazilian merganser on Wikipedia Rare 0.725 5,193 49 Freckled duck on Wikipedia Rare 0.719 5,320 50 Grey teal on Wikipedia Rare 0.713 5,416 51 Crested duck on Wikipedia Rare 0.708 5,458 52 Yellow-billed duck on Wikipedia Rare 0.702 5,519 53 Ringed teal on Wikipedia Rare 0.696 5,617 54 Brazilian teal on Wikipedia Rare 0.690 5,661 55 New Zealand scaup on Wikipedia Rare 0.684 5,764 56 Mariana mallard on Wikipedia Rare 0.678 5,990 57 African black duck on Wikipedia Rare 0.673 6,223 58 White-cheeked pintail on Wikipedia Rare 0.667 6,238 59 Marbled duck on Wikipedia Rare 0.661 6,435 60 Scaly-sided merganser on Wikipedia Rare 0.655 6,461 61 Pink-eared duck on Wikipedia Rare 0.649 6,473 62 Cotton pygmy goose on Wikipedia Rare 0.643 6,593 63 Campbell teal on Wikipedia Rare 0.637 6,622 64 Mexican duck on Wikipedia Rare 0.632 6,717 65 Brown teal on Wikipedia Rare 0.626 6,771 66 African pygmy goose on Wikipedia Rare 0.620 6,825 67 Blue-billed duck on Wikipedia Rare 0.614 6,908 68 Falcated duck on Wikipedia Rare 0.608 6,919 69 Radjah shelduck on Wikipedia Rare 0.602 7,072 70 Crested shelduck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.596 7,081 71 Eastern spot-billed duck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.591 7,587 72 White-winged scoter on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.585 7,649 73 Baer's pochard on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.579 7,678 74 West Indian whistling duck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.573 7,723 75 Black scoter on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.567 8,112 76 Velvet scoter on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.561 8,325 77 Spectacled eider on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.556 8,328 78 Tundra bean goose on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.550 8,656 79 Orinoco goose on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.544 8,682 80 Philippine duck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.538 8,700 81 Madagascar pochard on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.532 8,736 82 Falkland steamer duck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.526 8,771 83 Torrent duck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.520 8,916 84 Common scoter on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.515 9,102 85 Upland goose on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.509 9,288 86 Australian shelduck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.503 9,625 87 Mottled duck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.497 9,750 88 Plumed whistling duck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.491 9,986 89 White-faced whistling duck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.485 10,054 90 Knob-billed duck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.480 10,169 91 Taiga bean goose on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.474 10,691 92 Lesser white-fronted goose on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.468 10,856 93 Lesser whistling duck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.462 11,649 94 Fulvous whistling duck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.456 11,902 95 Steller's eider on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.450 12,211 96 Barrow's goldeneye on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.444 12,265 97 White-winged duck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.439 12,288 98 Emperor goose on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.433 12,393 99 Musk duck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.427 12,501 100 Indian spot-billed duck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.421 13,314 101 White-headed duck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.415 13,553 102 Ferruginous duck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.409 13,634 103 Laysan duck on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.404 14,832 104 Lake duck on Wikipedia Familiar 0.398 14,899 105 Surf scoter on Wikipedia Familiar 0.392 15,739 106 Red-breasted goose on Wikipedia Familiar 0.386 15,867 107 Cinnamon teal on Wikipedia Familiar 0.380 16,213 108 Hawaiian duck on Wikipedia Familiar 0.374 16,566 109 Ross's goose on Wikipedia Familiar 0.368 16,642 110 Lesser scaup on Wikipedia Familiar 0.363 16,916 111 Red-crested pochard on Wikipedia Familiar 0.357 17,161 112 Black-necked swan on Wikipedia Familiar 0.351 17,337 113 Coscoroba swan on Wikipedia Familiar 0.345 18,275 114 Ring-necked duck on Wikipedia Familiar 0.339 18,321 115 Blue duck on Wikipedia Familiar 0.333 19,046 116 Spur-winged goose on Wikipedia Familiar 0.327 19,362 117 Pink-footed goose on Wikipedia Familiar 0.322 19,628 118 Paradise shelduck on Wikipedia Familiar 0.316 19,842 119 American wigeon on Wikipedia Familiar 0.310 20,221 120 Greater scaup on Wikipedia Familiar 0.304 20,712 121 Common shelduck on Wikipedia Familiar 0.298 20,862 122 Baikal teal on Wikipedia Familiar 0.292 21,275 123 Pacific black duck on Wikipedia Familiar 0.287 22,094 124 Redhead on Wikipedia Familiar 0.281 22,155 125 Green-winged teal on Wikipedia Familiar 0.275 22,195 126 Garganey on Wikipedia Familiar 0.269 22,358 127 Common pochard on Wikipedia Familiar 0.263 23,003 128 Australian wood duck on Wikipedia Familiar 0.257 23,209 129 Canvasback on Wikipedia Familiar 0.251 23,295 130 Pink-headed duck on Wikipedia Familiar 0.246 23,634 131 Blue-winged teal on Wikipedia Familiar 0.240 23,807 132 King eider on Wikipedia Familiar 0.234 24,962 133 Long-tailed duck on Wikipedia Familiar 0.228 26,879 134 Red-breasted merganser on Wikipedia Familiar 0.222 27,682 135 Eurasian wigeon on Wikipedia Familiar 0.216 28,631 136 Smew on Wikipedia Familiar 0.211 30,685 137 Greater white-fronted goose on Wikipedia Familiar 0.205 31,026 138 Cape Barren goose on Wikipedia Common 0.199 31,215 139 Tufted duck on Wikipedia Common 0.193 31,867 140 Ruddy duck on Wikipedia Common 0.187 32,130 141 Harlequin duck on Wikipedia Common 0.181 32,209 142 Swan goose on Wikipedia Common 0.175 33,798 143 Cackling goose on Wikipedia Common 0.170 34,053 144 Gadwall on Wikipedia Common 0.164 35,211 145 American black duck on Wikipedia Common 0.158 35,987 146 Northern shoveler on Wikipedia Common 0.152 36,586 147 Northern pintail on Wikipedia Common 0.146 37,967 148 Ruddy shelduck on Wikipedia Common 0.140 38,562 149 Black-bellied whistling duck on Wikipedia Common 0.135 41,007 150 Brant on Wikipedia Common 0.129 41,311 151 Bar-headed goose on Wikipedia Common 0.123 41,943 152 Common goldeneye on Wikipedia Common 0.117 45,975 153 Tundra swan on Wikipedia Common 0.111 47,348 154 Eurasian teal on Wikipedia Common 0.105 47,985 155 Hooded merganser on Wikipedia Common 0.099 49,997 156 Common eider on Wikipedia Common 0.094 56,902 157 Whooper swan on Wikipedia Common 0.088 62,210 158 Bufflehead on Wikipedia Common 0.082 68,896 159 Snow goose on Wikipedia Common 0.076 75,187 160 Barnacle goose on Wikipedia Common 0.070 81,158 161 Wood duck on Wikipedia Common 0.064 83,551 162 Greylag goose on Wikipedia Common 0.058 83,592 163 Nene on Wikipedia Common 0.053 90,565 164 Common merganser on Wikipedia Common 0.047 92,028 165 Trumpeter swan on Wikipedia Common 0.041 101,896 166 Egyptian goose on Wikipedia Common 0.035 114,639 167 Mandarin duck on Wikipedia Common 0.029 128,901 168 Black swan on Wikipedia Common 0.023 137,585 169 Mute swan on Wikipedia Common 0.018 162,255 170 Muscovy duck on Wikipedia Common 0.012 197,405 171 Mallard on Wikipedia Common 0.006 346,328 172 Canada goose on Wikipedia Common 0.000 366,358
FAQ What is the rarest species of duck, goose, or swan? Heteroanser vicinus is the rarest species of duck, goose, or swan in this ranking, with 27 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).
How many species of duck, goose, or swan are there? There are 172 species of duck, goose, or swan in this ranking, from Heteroanser vicinus (rarest) to Canada goose (most common).
What is the most common species of duck, goose, or swan? Canada goose is the most common species of duck, goose, or swan in this ranking, with 366,358 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).
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Sources Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.