Herons & Egrets in Kazakhstan
Our list for Kazakhstan has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kazakhstan 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
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisScarceRare46–56 cmRegularly 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