Chestnut-fronted Macaw vs False Oat-Grass Smut

Ara severus compared with Urocystis avenae-elatioris

Key Differences

• Chestnut-fronted Macaw is Least Concern while False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	False Oat-Grass Smut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Urocystidaceae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Urocystis
Species	Ara severus	Urocystis avenae-elatioris

Conservation Status

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

LC — Least Concern

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	False Oat-Grass Smut
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).

False Oat-Grass Smut

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.