Great Blue/Cocoi Heron vs Java-bean

Ardea herodias compared with Senna obtusifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Blue/Cocoi Heron	Java-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Pelecaniformes (Pelecaniformes)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Ardeidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Ardea	Senna
Species	Ardea herodias	Senna obtusifolia

Conservation Status

Great Blue/Cocoi Heron

LC — Least Concern

Java-bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Blue/Cocoi Heron	Java-bean
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).

Java-bean

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (13 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (5 countries).

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.