Herons & Egrets in Botswana
Our list for Botswana has 8 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 8 residents
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Botswana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
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