Herons & Egrets in Barbados
Our list for Barbados has 6 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 4 residents and 2 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Barbados in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 cm
- Great Blue Heron 91–137 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: 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