Chestnut-fronted Macaw vs Starfruit

Ara severus compared with Damasonium polyspermum

Key Differences

• Chestnut-fronted Macaw is Least Concern while Starfruit is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	Starfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Alismataceae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Damasonium
Species	Ara severus	Damasonium polyspermum

Conservation Status

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

LC — Least Concern

Starfruit

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	Starfruit
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).

Starfruit

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in Portugal. Currently classified as Vulnerable 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.