maracanã-guaçu vs Duck Flea

Ara severus compared with Ceratophyllus garei

Key Differences

• maracanã-guaçu is Least Concern while Duck Flea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	maracanã-guaçu	Duck Flea
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Arthropoda (artrópode)
Class	Aves (ave)	Insecta (inseto)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Siphonaptera (Pulga)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Ceratophyllidae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Ceratophyllus
Species	Ara severus	Ceratophyllus garei

Evolutionary Relationship

maracanã-guaçu and Duck Flea share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

maracanã-guaçu

LC — Least Concern

Duck Flea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	maracanã-guaçu	Duck Flea
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).

Duck Flea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway