héron cendré vs Salento Iris

Ardea cinerea compared with Iris revoluta

Key Differences

• héron cendré is Least Concern while Salento Iris is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	héron cendré	Salento Iris
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (arthropodes)
Class	Aves (oiseau)	Insecta (insecte)
Order	Pelecaniformes (Pelecaniformes)	Mantodea (Mantodea)
Family	Ardeidae	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Ardea	Iris
Species	Ardea cinerea	Iris revoluta

Evolutionary Relationship

héron cendré and Salento Iris share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

héron cendré

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Salento Iris

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	héron cendré	Salento Iris
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).

Salento Iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.