Herons & Egrets in Switzerland
Our list for Switzerland has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 4 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Switzerland 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 albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Apr–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