Herons & Egrets in French Guiana
Our list for French Guiana has 5 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 4 residents and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in French Guiana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Cocoi Heron 95–127 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