Herons & Egrets in Russia
Our list for Russia has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 7 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Russia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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