Herons & Egrets in Luxembourg
Our list for Luxembourg has 6 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Luxembourg in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun
Purple HeronArdea purpureaScarceUncommon78–90 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Bittern 33–38 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Eurasian Bittern 69–81 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