Herons & Egrets in South Africa
Our list for South Africa has 8 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 8 residents
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in South Africa in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentRare33–38 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