Herons & Egrets in Washington
Our list for Washington has 4 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 4 residents
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Washington in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentRare58–65 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, 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