Herons & Egrets in Ukraine
Our list for Ukraine has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 6 summer visitors and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ukraine 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 albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly May–Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisScarceRare46–56 cm
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