Boatlily vs Scarlet Macaw

Tradescantia spathacea compared with Ara macao

Key Differences

Boatlily is Not Evaluated while Scarlet Macaw is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boatlily	Scarlet Macaw
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Commelinales (Commelinales)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Commelinaceae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Tradescantia	Ara (Macaws)
Species	Tradescantia spathacea	Ara macao

Conservation Status

Boatlily

NE — Not Evaluated

Scarlet Macaw

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Boatlily

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (Sweden), North America (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.

Boatlily

The Boatlily (Tradescantia spathacea) is a species in the genus Tradescantia. Native to Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil.

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.