Graureiher vs Großer Ring-Tintling

Ardea cinerea compared with Coprinus sterquilinus

Key Differences

Graureiher is Least Concern while Großer Ring-Tintling is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Graureiher	Großer Ring-Tintling
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Fungi (Pilze)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Basidiomycota (Ständerpilze)
Class	Aves (Vögel)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Pelecaniformes (Pelecaniformes)	Agaricales (Champignonartige)
Family	Ardeidae	Agaricaceae (Agarics)
Genus	Ardea	Coprinus
Species	Ardea cinerea	Coprinus sterquilinus

Conservation Status

Graureiher

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Großer Ring-Tintling

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Graureiher	Großer Ring-Tintling
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	15 years	—
Average Length	95 cm	—
Average Weight	1.5 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Graureiher

Habitat

Typically found in diverse ecosystems where prey species are available.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

Großer Ring-Tintling

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.