Blue-and-yellow Macaw vs centurion

Ara ararauna compared with Centrosema pascuorum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-and-yellow Macaw	centurion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Fabaceae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Centrosema
Species	Ara ararauna	Centrosema pascuorum

Conservation Status

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

LC — Least Concern

centurion

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

centurion

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia and Brazil.

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.

centurion

The Centurion (Centrosema pascuorum) is a species in the genus Centrosema. Distributed across Australia and Brazil.