arara-canindé vs Green Sea Turtle

Ara ararauna compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

arara-canindé is Least Concern while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	arara-canindé	Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (ave)	Reptilia (réptil)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Testudines (Tartaruga)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Ara ararauna	Chelonia mydas

Evolutionary Relationship

arara-canindé and Green Sea Turtle share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

arara-canindé

LC — Least Concern

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	arara-canindé	Green Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	80 years
Average Length	—	1.2 m
Average Weight	—	200.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

arara-canindé

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Green Sea Turtle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Mexico. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

arara-canindé

Uma das espécies de araras mais vistosas e amplamente mantidas em cativeiro, as araras-canindé exibem um brilhante azul-cobalto nas partes superiores contrastando com um vivo amarelo nas partes inferiores e testa verde. Habitam florestas, capoeiras e savanas do leste do Panamá pelo Venezuela, Brasil e Bolívia até o Peru e Equador. Extremamente inteligentes, vivem em casais ou pequenos bandos, alimentando-se de nozes de palmeira, sementes e frutos. Populares em avicultura há mais de 400 anos, podem viver mais de 80 anos em cativeiro.