Chestnut-fronted Macaw vs sun shell

Ara severus compared with Astraea heliotropium

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	sun shell
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Trochida (Trochida)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Turbinidae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Astraea
Species	Ara severus	Astraea heliotropium

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

LC — Least Concern

sun shell

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	sun shell
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).

sun shell

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Found in New Zealand.

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.