Herons & Egrets in Greece
Our list for Greece has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 4 summer visitors and 2 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Greece in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
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