black-bindweed vs Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Dioscorea communis compared with Ara ararauna

Key Differences

• black-bindweed is Not Evaluated while Blue-and-yellow Macaw is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-bindweed	Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Dioscorea	Ara (Macaws)
Species	Dioscorea communis	Ara ararauna

Conservation Status

black-bindweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-bindweed	Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black-bindweed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Portugal and Sweden.

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).

black-bindweed

The Black-bindweed (Dioscorea communis) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.