Herons & Egrets in Iran
Our list for Iran 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 Iran 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 garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–May
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