Bed-jacket vs héron cendré

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Ardea cinerea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	héron cendré
Kingdom	Plantae (plante)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (oiseau)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Pelecaniformes (Pelecaniformes)
Family	Sapindaceae	Ardeidae
Genus	Alectryon	Ardea
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Ardea cinerea

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

héron cendré

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	héron cendré
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	95 cm
Average Weight	—	1.5 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

héron cendré

Habitat

Typically found in diverse ecosystems where prey species are available.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

héron cendré

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.