Chestnut-fronted Macaw vs cinereus shrew

Ara severus compared with Sorex cinereus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	cinereus shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Soricidae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Sorex
Species	Ara severus	Sorex cinereus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut-fronted Macaw and cinereus shrew share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

LC — Least Concern

cinereus shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	cinereus shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (Belgium, Norway), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

cinereus shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

A medium-sized macaw of Central and South American tropical forests from southern Mexico to Bolivia and Brazil, chestnut-fronted macaws have predominantly green plumage with a chestnut forehead, red shoulder patches, and blue flight feathers. The smallest of the true macaws, they inhabit forest edges, savannas, and secondary woodland and often raid crops, making them locally unpopular with farmers. They are popular aviary birds, but wild populations face pressure from trapping and deforestation.

cinereus shrew

The cinereus shrew (Sorex cinereus), also known as the masked shrew, is a small insectivorous mammal in the family Soricidae, native to North America. It has one of the widest distributions of any North American shrew, ranging from Alaska and Canada south through the northern United States, with isolated populations in the Appalachian Mountains and Rocky Mountains. It inhabits a broad range of habitats including moist forest, meadows, bogs, marshes, and brushy areas, where it hunts continuously for insects, earthworms, small vertebrates, fungi, and carrion to fuel its extremely rapid metabolism. Like all shrews, the cinereus shrew has a very high metabolic rate and must consume almost its own body weight in food daily. It is tiny—typically 3–5 grams—with dense gray-brown fur. The species is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN, with abundant and widespread populations across the boreal and northern temperate zones. It is a major component of small mammal communities in northern forests and plays an important role in food webs as prey for owls, hawks, and weasels. The species reproduces rapidly, with multiple litters per year, helping sustain populations despite high predation pressure. It is entirely North American and does not occur in Europe.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States