Garten-Bohne vs Graureiher

Phaseolus vulgaris compared with Ardea cinerea

Key Differences

• Garten-Bohne is Not Evaluated while Graureiher is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Garten-Bohne	Graureiher
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Vögel)
Order	Fabales (Schmetterlingsblütenartige)	Pelecaniformes (Pelecaniformes)
Family	Fabaceae	Ardeidae
Genus	Phaseolus	Ardea
Species	Phaseolus vulgaris	Ardea cinerea

Conservation Status

Garten-Bohne

NE — Not Evaluated

Graureiher

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Garten-Bohne	Graureiher
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	95 cm
Average Weight	—	1.5 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Garten-Bohne

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Graureiher

Habitat

Typically found in diverse ecosystems where prey species are available.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

Garten-Bohne

The Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is a species in the genus Phaseolus. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Graureiher

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 5 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇷🇺 Russia 🇸🇪 Sweden