Herons & Egrets in Minnesota
Our list for Minnesota has 5 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 5 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Minnesota in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorRare58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Cattle Egret 46–56 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