Серая цапля vs Greater dodder

Ardea cinerea compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Серая цапля	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Plantae (растения)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)
Class	Aves (птицы)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Pelecaniformes (пеликанообразные)	Solanales (паслёноцветные)
Family	Ardeidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Ardea	Cuscuta
Species	Ardea cinerea	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Серая цапля

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Серая цапля

Habitat

Typically found in diverse ecosystems where prey species are available.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).

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.