Herons & Egrets in North Macedonia
Our list for North Macedonia has 8 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 2 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in North Macedonia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaScarceUncommon78–90 cm
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisScarceUncommon69–81 cm
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