البلشون الرمادي, مالك الحزين الرمادي vs Stinging Tree

Ardea cinerea compared with Dendrocnide peltata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	البلشون الرمادي, مالك الحزين الرمادي	Stinging Tree
Kingdom	Animalia (حيوانات)	Plantae (نباتات)
Phylum	Chordata (حبليات)	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)
Class	Aves (طيور)	Magnoliopsida (ماغنولانية)
Order	Pelecaniformes (بجعيات)	Rosales (ورديات)
Family	Ardeidae	Urticaceae
Genus	Ardea	Dendrocnide
Species	Ardea cinerea	Dendrocnide peltata

Conservation Status

البلشون الرمادي, مالك الحزين الرمادي

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Stinging Tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	البلشون الرمادي, مالك الحزين الرمادي	Stinging Tree
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).

Stinging Tree

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

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.