Herons & Egrets in Bahrain
Our list for Bahrain has 8 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 5 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bahrain in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Oct–May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Jan–May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
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