Herons & Egrets in Croatia
Our list for Croatia has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 5 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Croatia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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