Herons & Egrets in Maine
Our list for Maine has 6 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 4 summer visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Maine in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaScarceRare55–65 cmRegularly May–Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- American Bittern 58–85 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Great Blue Heron 91–137 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