Herons & Egrets in Slovenia
Our list for Slovenia has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 4 residents and 5 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Slovenia 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 garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
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