Herons & Egrets in Azerbaijan
Our list for Azerbaijan has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Azerbaijan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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