Herons & Egrets in Sudan
Our list for Sudan has 7 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Sudan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantCommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaScarceCommon78–90 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Squacco Heron 40–49 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Purple Heron 78–90 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: 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