Ascending Grapefern vs Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Botrychium ascendens compared with Ara ararauna

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Blue-and-yellow Macaw is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Botrychium	Ara (Macaws)
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Ara ararauna

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ascending Grapefern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Ascending Grapefern

Ascending grapefern (Botrychium ascendens) is a species in the genus Botrychium. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

One of the most striking and widely kept macaw species, blue-and-yellow macaws display brilliant cobalt blue upper parts contrasting with vivid yellow underparts and green forehead. They inhabit forest, woodland, and savanna from eastern Panama through Venezuela, Brazil, and Bolivia to Peru and Ecuador. Highly intelligent, they live in pairs or small flocks, feeding on palm nuts, seeds, and fruit. Popular in aviculture for over 400 years, they can live 80+ years in captivity.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇺🇸 United States