Herons & Egrets in Albania
Our list for Albania has 8 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 4 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Albania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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