---
title: "Czapla siwa"
description: "Ardea cinerea — Ptaki. The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia, and also parts of Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/grey-heron
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Czapla siwa

> Ardea cinerea — Ptaki. The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia, and also parts of Africa.

- Scientific name: *Ardea cinerea*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 263587
- Wikidata: [Q25273](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25273)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4954](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4954)

## Names

- en: Grey Heron
- de: Graureiher
- es: Garza gris
- fr: Héron cendré
- nl: Blauwe reiger
- pt: Garça-real-europeia
- pl: Czapla siwa

## Countries with the most observations

RU (39534), GB (28062), DE (23966), FR (16242), ES (12551), IT (12170), JP (11557), NL (7344), ZA (6425), PT (5993), IN (5542), TW (5103)

## Summary

The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia, and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water, or stalking its prey through the shallows.
Standing up to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) tall, adults weigh from 1 to 2 kg (2 to 4 lb). They have a white…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_heron

## Photo

![Czapla siwa](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grey-heron/medium.jpg)

Photo: SC · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/387938085

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/grey-heron?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).