Herons & Egrets in Eswatini
Our list for Eswatini has 6 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Eswatini in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Dec–May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaScarceUncommon55–65 cm
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Squacco Heron 40–49 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 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