Herons & Egrets in Tunisia
Our list for Tunisia has 8 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Tunisia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Jun
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May
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