Herons & Egrets in Romania
Our list for Romania has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 6 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Romania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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