Herons & Egrets in Nepal
Our list for Nepal has 6 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 winter visitor and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nepal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisScarceRare69–81 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 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