Merle à tête grise vs Ara rouge

Turdus rubrocanus compared with Ara macao

Key Differences

• Merle à tête grise is Not Evaluated while Ara rouge is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Merle à tête grise	Ara rouge
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (oiseau)	Aves (oiseau)
Order	Passeriformes (passereaux)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Turdidae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Turdus	Ara (Macaws)
Species	Turdus rubrocanus	Ara macao

Evolutionary Relationship

Merle à tête grise and Ara rouge share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (oiseau)

Conservation Status

Merle à tête grise

NE — Not Evaluated

Ara rouge

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Merle à tête grise	Ara rouge
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	50 years
Average Length	—	85 cm
Average Weight	—	1.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Merle à tête grise

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.

Ara rouge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, forests, and vegetated habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela). Population trends indicate a declining trajectory in parts of its range.

Merle à tête grise

The Chestnut Thrush (Turdus rubrocanus) is a species in the genus Turdus. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Ara rouge

One of the most brilliantly colored birds in the Americas, scarlet macaws display vivid red, yellow, and blue plumage with wingspans reaching 1 meter. Found in humid lowland forests from Mexico to Bolivia, they are highly intelligent, long-lived — up to 75 years — and form lifelong pair bonds. They travel long distances to clay licks where they consume mineral-rich soil to detoxify seeds. Listed as Least Concern but locally threatened by habitat loss and the pet trade.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway