Chestnut-fronted Macaw vs southern elder

Ara severus compared with Sambucus australis

Key Differences

• Chestnut-fronted Macaw is Least Concern while southern elder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	southern elder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Viburnaceae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Sambucus
Species	Ara severus	Sambucus australis

Conservation Status

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

LC — Least Concern

southern elder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	southern elder
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).

southern elder

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found in Brazil.

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.