Herons & Egrets in Saudi Arabia
Our list for Saudi Arabia has 8 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 7 residents and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Saudi Arabia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year
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