Chestnut-fronted Macaw vs Shade Moonwort

Ara severus compared with Botrychium tenebrosum

Key Differences

Chestnut-fronted Macaw is Least Concern while Shade Moonwort is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	Shade Moonwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Botrychium
Species	Ara severus	Botrychium tenebrosum

Conservation Status

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

LC — Least Concern

Shade Moonwort

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	Shade Moonwort
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).

Shade Moonwort

Habitat

Inhabits boreal forests and taiga within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as 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.