Herons & Egrets in Rwanda
Our list for Rwanda has 8 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 7 residents and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Rwanda in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
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