Herons & Egrets in Algeria
Our list for Algeria has 8 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Algeria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusScarceCommon33–38 cmRegularly Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
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