Common stork's bill vs Cutleaf stork's bill

Erodium ciconium compared with Erodium laciniatum

Key Differences

• Common stork's bill is Not Evaluated while Cutleaf stork's bill is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common stork's bill	Cutleaf stork's bill
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Geraniales (Geraniales)	Geraniales (Geraniales)
Family same	Geraniaceae	Geraniaceae
Genus same	Erodium	Erodium
Species	Erodium ciconium	Erodium laciniatum

Evolutionary Relationship

Common stork's bill and Cutleaf stork's bill share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Erodium.

Conservation Status

Common stork's bill

NE — Not Evaluated

Cutleaf stork's bill

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common stork's bill	Cutleaf stork's bill
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common stork's bill

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries) and North America (United States).

Cutleaf stork's bill

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across France, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, and United States.

Common stork's bill

<em>Erodium ciconium</em>, the common stork's-bill, is an annual or biennial flowering plant in the family Geraniaceae, order Geraniales. It is native to the Mediterranean region and southern Europe and has been introduced to parts of North America. The species typically inhabits dry, disturbed habitats including roadsides, cultivated fields, rocky slopes, and coastal areas, favoring sandy or calcareous soils with good drainage. Its pink to purple flowers are relatively small, and the distinctive elongated fruit resembles a stork's bill, a characteristic shared across the genus <em>Erodium</em>. The beak-like fruits are adapted for wind and animal dispersal, with hygroscopic awns that drill the seed into the soil through coiling movements in response to moisture changes. Biological traits such as typical lifespan duration, average biomass, and detailed dietary associations remain poorly documented at the species level. <em>Erodium ciconium</em> has not been formally evaluated by the IUCN, though it is generally considered a common species without significant conservation concern across most of its range.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇱🇻 Latvia 🇺🇸 United States