Bayou Violet vs Chestnut-fronted Macaw

Viola sororia compared with Ara severus

Key Differences

Bayou Violet is Not Evaluated while Chestnut-fronted Macaw is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bayou Violet	Chestnut-fronted Macaw
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Violaceae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Viola	Ara (Macaws)
Species	Viola sororia	Ara severus

Conservation Status

Bayou Violet

NE — Not Evaluated

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bayou Violet	Chestnut-fronted Macaw
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bayou Violet

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (5 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

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).

Bayou Violet

The Bayou Violet (Viola sororia) is a species in the genus Viola. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

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.