Herons & Egrets in Mozambique
Our list for Mozambique has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 7 residents and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Mozambique in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Dec–May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantRare69–81 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
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