Herons & Egrets in Tanzania
Our list for Tanzania has 8 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 7 residents and 1 summer visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Tanzania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Aug–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