Beach sheoak vs Scarlet Macaw

Casuarina equisetifolia compared with Ara macao

Key Differences

Beach sheoak is Not Evaluated while Scarlet Macaw is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beach sheoak	Scarlet Macaw
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Casuarinaceae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Casuarina	Ara (Macaws)
Species	Casuarina equisetifolia	Ara macao

Conservation Status

Beach sheoak

NE — Not Evaluated

Scarlet Macaw

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beach sheoak

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (13 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (19 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (6 countries).

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.

Beach sheoak

The Beach sheoak (Casuarina equisetifolia) is a species in the genus Casuarina. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotro

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.