Chestnut-fronted Macaw vs Little Chamal

Ara severus compared with Zamia vazquezii

Key Differences

• Chestnut-fronted Macaw is Least Concern while Little Chamal is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	Little Chamal
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Cycadales (Cycadales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Zamiaceae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Zamia
Species	Ara severus	Zamia vazquezii

Conservation Status

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

LC — Least Concern

Little Chamal

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	Little Chamal
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).

Little Chamal

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.