Here’s the thing. You said a “heron is a crane.”

Is it in the same class? Yes. No one’s arguing that.

As someone who is a scientist who studies cranes, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls herons cranes. If you want to be “specific” like you said, then you shouldn’t either. They’re not the same thing.

If you’re saying “crane class” you’re referring to the taxonomic grouping of Aves, which includes things from nutcrackers to eagles to jackdaws.

So your reasoning for calling a heron a crane is because random people “call the tall ones crows?” Let’s get emus and ostriches in there, then, too.

Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It’s not one or the other, that’s not how taxonomy works. They’re both. A heron is a heron and a member of the aves class. But that’s not what you said. You said a heron is a crane, which is not true unless you’re okay with calling all members of the aves class cranes, which means you’d call swans, penguins, and other birds cranes, too. Which you said you don’t.

It’s okay to just admit you’re wrong, you know?

Is that a picture of a Stork?

Da oben fliegt ein Reiher!
Von unten sieht man seine…

Ach ne, das ist ein Kranich!
Der hat ja sowas gar nich.

Wait until you encounter the folk that call them egrets!

That’s clearly not a crane; more like a tractor really

Kyle, is that you? Kyle Crane?

What did crane say?