Herons & Egrets in Uzbekistan
Our list for Uzbekistan has 6 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Uzbekistan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Bittern 33–38 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Purple Heron 78–90 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 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