Herons & Egrets in Yemen
Our list for Yemen has 6 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 4 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Yemen in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantCommon90–98 cmRegularly Oct–May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaScarceCommon78–90 cm
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxScarceUncommon58–65 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Cattle Egret 46–56 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