Herons & Egrets in Hungary
Our list for Hungary has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 residents and 7 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Hungary 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 albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
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