maracanã-guaçu vs Davidse Holly

Ara severus compared with Ilex davidsei

Key Differences

maracanã-guaçu is Least Concern while Davidse Holly is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	maracanã-guaçu	Davidse Holly
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (ave)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Aquifoliales (Aquifoliales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Aquifoliaceae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Ilex
Species	Ara severus	Ilex davidsei

Conservation Status

maracanã-guaçu

LC — Least Concern

Davidse Holly

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	maracanã-guaçu	Davidse Holly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

maracanã-guaçu

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).

Davidse Holly

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Venezuela. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

maracanã-guaçu

A maracanã-do-Orinoco (Ara severus) é uma arara de médio porte do gênero Ara, habitante de florestas tropicais e savanas arborizadas da América do Sul, do Panamá ao Brasil central. Possui plumagem verde com testa castanha, asas azuis e cauda avermelhada. Vive em grupos barulhentos e se alimenta de frutos, sementes e flores. Nidifica em ocos de árvores. É frequentemente mantida como ave de gaiola, sendo comercializada ilegalmente.