Herons & Egrets in Italy
Our list for Italy has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 5 residents and 4 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Italy 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 albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year
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