Herons & Egrets in Belgium
Our list for Belgium has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Belgium 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 albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Jan
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Jun
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