Herons & Egrets in Nigeria
Our list for Nigeria has 8 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 3 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nigeria 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 garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Oct–May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Nov–May
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