Herons & Egrets in Chad
Our list for Chad has 7 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Chad in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantCommon90–98 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
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