Autour à tête grise vs héron cendré

Accipiter poliocephalus compared with Ardea cinerea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Autour à tête grise	héron cendré
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (oiseau)	Aves (oiseau)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Pelecaniformes (Pelecaniformes)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Ardeidae
Genus	Accipiter	Ardea
Species	Accipiter poliocephalus	Ardea cinerea

Evolutionary Relationship

Autour à tête grise and héron cendré share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (oiseau)

Conservation Status

Autour à tête grise

LC — Least Concern

héron cendré

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Autour à tête grise	héron cendré
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	95 cm
Average Weight	—	1.5 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Autour à tête grise

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

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 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway