Red-and-green Macaw vs Sour orange

Ara chloropterus compared with Citrus aurantium

Key Differences

• Red-and-green Macaw is Least Concern while Sour orange is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Red-and-green Macaw	Sour orange
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Rutaceae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Citrus
Species	Ara chloropterus	Citrus aurantium

Conservation Status

Red-and-green Macaw

LC — Least Concern

Sour orange

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Red-and-green Macaw	Sour orange
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Red-and-green Macaw

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (United Arab Emirates), Europe (Norway, United Kingdom), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Sour orange

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (12 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia).

Red-and-green Macaw

Red-and-green Macaw (Ara chloropterus) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇳🇴 Norway 🇬🇧 United Kingdom