Adriatic bellflower vs Scarlet Macaw

Campanula garganica compared with Ara macao

Key Differences

• Adriatic bellflower is Not Evaluated while Scarlet Macaw is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adriatic bellflower	Scarlet Macaw
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Campanulaceae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Campanula	Ara (Macaws)
Species	Campanula garganica	Ara macao

Conservation Status

Adriatic bellflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Scarlet Macaw

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adriatic bellflower	Scarlet Macaw
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	50 years
Average Length	—	85 cm
Average Weight	—	1.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Adriatic bellflower

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Austria, Belgium, Norway, and Sweden.

Scarlet Macaw

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, forests, and vegetated habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela). Population trends indicate a declining trajectory in parts of its range.

Adriatic bellflower

The Adriatic bellflower (Campanula garganica) is a species in the genus Campanula. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions, found across Austria, Belgium, Norway, and Sweden.

Scarlet Macaw

One of the most brilliantly colored birds in the Americas, scarlet macaws display vivid red, yellow, and blue plumage with wingspans reaching 1 meter. Found in humid lowland forests from Mexico to Bolivia, they are highly intelligent, long-lived — up to 75 years — and form lifelong pair bonds. They travel long distances to clay licks where they consume mineral-rich soil to detoxify seeds. Listed as Least Concern but locally threatened by habitat loss and the pet trade.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway