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Grey Heron

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q25273
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Summary

Grey Heron is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.38% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,528 views/month, #742 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Physically interacts with: Eurasian otter[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Ardea[6]
  • Taxon name: Ardea cinerea[7]
  • Commons category: Ardea cinerea[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ardea cinerea[9]
  • Commons gallery: Ardea cinerea[10]
  • Short name: A. cinerea[11]
  • Taxon common name: Crëyr Glas[12], Grey Heron[13], Graureiher[14], Garza real[15], bernat pescaire[16], volavka popelavá[17], hallhaigur[18], Gråhegre[19], Серая цапля[20], アオサギ[21], Fiskehejre[22], harmaahaikara[23], szürke gém[24], czapla siwa[25]

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Identifiers

Grey Heron's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30390[26]. Grey Heron's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45511350[27]. Recorded GBIF taxon ID include 9797180[28] and 2480925[29]. Grey Heron's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174781[30].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Grey Heron include Aosaginohi[31], a paranormal[32], in Japan[33] and Operation Fischreiher[34], a military operation[35], in Soviet Union[36].

Why It Matters

Grey Heron has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for it include Aosaginohi[31], a paranormal[32], in Japan[33] and Operation Fischreiher[34], a military operation[35], in Soviet Union[36].

Related Entities

Brazil

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Predation of a Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea, by two otters, Lutra lutra. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [28] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11h ago · Mullanur · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of life id → 45511350
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopedia of life id: 45511350"
  2. 17d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 4154480-8
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'ban', 'bat_smg', 'be'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  3. 4w ago · StorchPDF · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14880 → 68366
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14880: 68366, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273246|batch #273246]]"
  4. 10w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id → 62536
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Salzburgwiki id: 62536, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102088848|Graureiher (#102088848)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3987|Salzburgwiki – Taxons]]"
  5. 10w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q29401 (asm)-বিকাশ দিহিঙ্গীয়া-আজান (চৰাই).wav
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q29401 (asm)-বিকাশ দিহিঙ্গীয়া-আজান (চৰাই).wav"
  6. 15w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Vulnerable
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Regional conservation status: Vulnerable, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259821|batch #259821]]"
  7. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wingspan → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.73'}
    Physically interacts with → Eurasian otter
    Instance of → —
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 38962, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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