Herons & Egrets in Ethiopia
Our list for Ethiopia has 8 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ethiopia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusScarceRare33–38 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