Elbowpatch Crust vs héron cendré

Fomitiporia punctata compared with Ardea cinerea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elbowpatch Crust	héron cendré
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Aves (oiseau)
Order	Hymenochaetales (Hymenochaetales)	Pelecaniformes (Pelecaniformes)
Family	Hymenochaetaceae	Ardeidae
Genus	Fomitiporia	Ardea
Species	Fomitiporia punctata	Ardea cinerea

Conservation Status

Elbowpatch Crust

LC — Least Concern

héron cendré

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elbowpatch Crust	héron cendré
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	95 cm
Average Weight	—	1.5 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elbowpatch Crust

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

héron cendré

Habitat

Typically found in diverse ecosystems where prey species are available.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden