Herons & Egrets in Serbia
Our list for Serbia has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 6 summer visitors and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Serbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
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