Herons & Egrets in Germany
Our list for Germany has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 6 summer visitors and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Germany in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly May–Jul
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