Herons & Egrets in British Columbia
Our list for British Columbia has 4 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in British Columbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantRare80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- American Bittern 58–85 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Great Blue Heron 91–137 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