Herons & Egrets in Saskatchewan
Our list for Saskatchewan has 4 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 4 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Saskatchewan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly May–Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorRare80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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