Great Blue/Cocoi Heron vs ribbed grass snail

Ardea herodias compared with Vallonia costata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Blue/Cocoi Heron	ribbed grass snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Pelecaniformes (Pelecaniformes)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Ardeidae	Valloniidae
Genus	Ardea	Vallonia
Species	Ardea herodias	Vallonia costata

Evolutionary Relationship

Great Blue/Cocoi Heron and ribbed grass snail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Great Blue/Cocoi Heron

LC — Least Concern

ribbed grass snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Blue/Cocoi Heron	ribbed grass snail
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).

ribbed grass snail

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Israel), Europe (9 countries), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Chile).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇫🇷 France 🇳🇴 Norway 🇺🇸 United States