Chestnut-fronted Macaw vs

Ara severus compared with Uromyces junci

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Chestnut-fronted Macaw
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class Aves (Birds) Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order Psittaciformes (Parrots) Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family Psittacidae (True Parrots) Pucciniaceae
Genus Ara (Macaws) Uromyces
Species Ara severus Uromyces junci

Conservation Status

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Chestnut-fronted Macaw
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).

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Portugal.

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.

Uromyces junci is a rust fungus that parasitizes rushes (Juncus species), causing orange-brown pustular lesions on stems and leaves of its host plants in wetland and waterside habitats. This obligate biotroph depends entirely on living host tissue to complete its life cycle. It is distributed across temperate regions of Europe and beyond, wherever suitable Juncus hosts occur in moist environments.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

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