Great Blue/Cocoi Heron vs hollong

Ardea herodias compared with Dipterocarpus retusus

Key Differences

• Great Blue/Cocoi Heron is Least Concern while hollong is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Blue/Cocoi Heron	hollong
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Pelecaniformes (Pelecaniformes)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Ardeidae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Ardea	Dipterocarpus
Species	Ardea herodias	Dipterocarpus retusus

Conservation Status

Great Blue/Cocoi Heron

LC — Least Concern

hollong

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Blue/Cocoi Heron	hollong
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Great Blue/Cocoi Heron

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

hollong

Habitat

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

Great Blue/Cocoi Heron

Great Blue/Cocoi Heron (Ardea herodias) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.