Herons & Egrets in Slovakia
Our list for Slovakia has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 5 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Slovakia 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 Apr–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly May–Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly May
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