Herons & Egrets in Bhutan
Our list for Bhutan has 4 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bhutan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–May
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantRare80–104 cmRegularly Jan–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 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