🐦
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
Birds · Least concern
vs
🐦
Sandhill crane
Grus canadensis
Birds · Least concern
One clip names both of them
1,328 views between them.
Sandhill crane outweighs Grey Heron 2.7× — 3.9 kg against 1.4 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
1.44 kg
🐦 Grey Heron · AVONET
3.89 kg
🐦 Sandhill crane · AnAge
Maximum lifespan
38 yr
🐦 Grey Heron · AnAge
37 yr
🐦 Sandhill crane · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Aves (class), home to 18,988 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.