Ara rouge vs Leucorrhine Douteuse

Ara macao compared with Leucorrhinia dubia

Key Differences

• Ara rouge is Least Concern while Leucorrhine Douteuse is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ara rouge	Leucorrhine Douteuse
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (arthropodes)
Class	Aves (oiseau)	Insecta (insecte)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Libellulidae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Leucorrhinia
Species	Ara macao	Leucorrhinia dubia

Evolutionary Relationship

Ara rouge and Leucorrhine Douteuse share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

Ara rouge

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Leucorrhine Douteuse

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ara rouge	Leucorrhine Douteuse
Diet	Herbivore	—
Average Lifespan	50 years	—
Average Length	85 cm	—
Average Weight	1.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Leucorrhine Douteuse

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.

Leucorrhine Douteuse

Small Whiteface (Leucorrhinia dubia) is classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List. Close to qualifying as threatened, with populations that may become vulnerable without conservation action.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway