Herons & Egrets in Egypt
Our list for Egypt has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 1 winter visitor and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Egypt in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisScarceRare69–81 cm
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