Balkan Maple vs Серая цапля

Acer hyrcanum compared with Ardea cinerea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Balkan Maple	Серая цапля
Kingdom	Plantae (растения)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)	Chordata (хордовые)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (птицы)
Order	Sapindales (сапиндоцветные)	Pelecaniformes (пеликанообразные)
Family	Sapindaceae	Ardeidae
Genus	Acer	Ardea
Species	Acer hyrcanum	Ardea cinerea

Conservation Status

Balkan Maple

LC — Least Concern

Серая цапля

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Balkan Maple	Серая цапля
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	95 cm
Average Weight	—	1.5 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Balkan Maple

Habitat

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

Серая цапля

Habitat

Typically found in diverse ecosystems where prey species are available.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

Balkan Maple

The Balkan Maple (Acer hyrcanum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Серая цапля

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.