Herons & Egrets in Brunei
Our list for Brunei has 5 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Brunei in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaScarceCommon90–98 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Purple Heron 78–90 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