Herons & Egrets in Morocco
Our list for Morocco has 8 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Morocco in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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