Chestnut-fronted Macaw vs Hairy Marron

Ara severus compared with Cherax tenuimanus

Key Differences

• Chestnut-fronted Macaw is Least Concern while Hairy Marron is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	Hairy Marron
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Decapoda (Decapoda)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Parastacidae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Cherax
Species	Ara severus	Cherax tenuimanus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut-fronted Macaw and Hairy Marron share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

LC — Least Concern

Hairy Marron

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	Hairy Marron
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).

Hairy Marron

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 11 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, South Africa, Tunisia), Asia (China, Malaysia), Europe (Germany, Norway), North America (Panama), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Peru). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway