Herons & Egrets in Liberia
Our list for Liberia has 7 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
All 7, most common first
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Nov–May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Feb
Purple HeronArdea purpureaScarceUncommon78–90 cm
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Squacco Heron 40–49 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Purple Heron 78–90 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: 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