Bigfruit Ocotea vs Scarlet Macaw

Ocotea megacarpa compared with Ara macao

Key Differences

• Bigfruit Ocotea is Data Deficient while Scarlet Macaw is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bigfruit Ocotea	Scarlet Macaw
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Laurales (Laurales)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Lauraceae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Ocotea	Ara (Macaws)
Species	Ocotea megacarpa	Ara macao

Conservation Status

Bigfruit Ocotea

DD — Data Deficient

Scarlet Macaw

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bigfruit Ocotea

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Venezuela.

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.

Bigfruit Ocotea

The Bigfruit Ocotea (Ocotea megacarpa) is a species in the genus Ocotea. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

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 1 countries:

🇻🇪 Venezuela