Herons & Egrets in Gambia
Our list for Gambia has 8 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 5 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Gambia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Oct–May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
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