Barn Fern vs Chestnut-fronted Macaw

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Ara severus

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Chestnut-fronted Macaw is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Chestnut-fronted Macaw
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Asplenium	Ara (Macaws)
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Ara severus

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Chestnut-fronted Macaw
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (Belgium, Norway), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Barn Fern

The Barn Fern (Asplenium haughtonii) is a species in the genus Asplenium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

A medium-sized macaw of Central and South American tropical forests from southern Mexico to Bolivia and Brazil, chestnut-fronted macaws have predominantly green plumage with a chestnut forehead, red shoulder patches, and blue flight feathers. The smallest of the true macaws, they inhabit forest edges, savannas, and secondary woodland and often raid crops, making them locally unpopular with farmers. They are popular aviary birds, but wild populations face pressure from trapping and deforestation.