البلشون الرمادي, مالك الحزين الرمادي vs Java plum

Ardea cinerea compared with Syzygium cumini

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	البلشون الرمادي, مالك الحزين الرمادي	Java plum
Kingdom	Animalia (حيوانات)	Plantae (نباتات)
Phylum	Chordata (حبليات)	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)
Class	Aves (طيور)	Magnoliopsida (ماغنولانية)
Order	Pelecaniformes (بجعيات)	Myrtales (آسيات)
Family	Ardeidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Ardea	Syzygium
Species	Ardea cinerea	Syzygium cumini

Conservation Status

البلشون الرمادي, مالك الحزين الرمادي

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Java plum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	البلشون الرمادي, مالك الحزين الرمادي	Java plum
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	15 years	—
Average Length	95 cm	—
Average Weight	1.5 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

البلشون الرمادي, مالك الحزين الرمادي

Habitat

Typically found in diverse ecosystems where prey species are available.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

Java plum

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (16 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (7 countries).

البلشون الرمادي, مالك الحزين الرمادي

A large, elegant wading bird reaching up to 1 meter in height, gray herons inhabit wetlands, rivers, lakes, and coastal areas across Europe, Asia, and Africa. Patient, solitary hunters, they stand motionless for long periods before striking fish, frogs, and small mammals with lightning-fast dagger bill strikes. They nest colonially in tall trees in rookeries called heronries, sometimes shared with other colonial waterbirds. Widely distributed and of Least Concern globally.