maracanã-guaçu vs false pepperwort

Ara severus compared with Marsilea crenata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	maracanã-guaçu	false pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (ave)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Marsileaceae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Marsilea
Species	Ara severus	Marsilea crenata

Conservation Status

maracanã-guaçu

LC — Least Concern

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	maracanã-guaçu	false pepperwort
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).

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

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.