Herons & Egrets in Cyprus
Our list for Cyprus has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 4 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cyprus in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantRare69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
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