Herons & Egrets in Lebanon
Our list for Lebanon has 8 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 2 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Lebanon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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