Chestnut-fronted Macaw vs Superb Cyanea

Ara severus compared with Cyanea superba

Key Differences

• Chestnut-fronted Macaw is Least Concern while Superb Cyanea is Extinct in the Wild.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	Superb Cyanea
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Scyphozoa (Scyphozoa)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Semaeostomeae (Semaeostomeae)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Cyaneidae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Cyanea
Species	Ara severus	Cyanea superba

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

LC — Least Concern

Superb Cyanea

EW — Extinct in the Wild

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	Superb Cyanea
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).

Superb Cyanea

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.