héron cendré vs marsilée vêtue

Ardea cinerea compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• héron cendré is Least Concern while marsilée vêtue is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	héron cendré	marsilée vêtue
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (oiseau)	Polypodiopsida (Filicopsida)
Order	Pelecaniformes (Pelecaniformes)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Ardeidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Ardea	Marsilea
Species	Ardea cinerea	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

héron cendré

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

marsilée vêtue

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

héron cendré

Habitat

Typically found in diverse ecosystems where prey species are available.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

marsilée vêtue

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.