Herons & Egrets in Cameroon
Our list for Cameroon has 7 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 1 winter visitor, 4 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cameroon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantCommon90–98 cmRegularly Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaScarceCommon80–104 cm
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Jan
Purple HeronArdea purpureaScarceUncommon78–90 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Squacco Heron 40–49 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 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