maracanã-guaçu vs Flat Periwinkle

Ara severus compared with Littorina obtusata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	maracanã-guaçu	Flat Periwinkle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Mollusca (Moluscos)
Class	Aves (ave)	Gastropoda (Gastrópodes)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Littorinimorpha (Littorinimorpha)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Littorinidae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Littorina
Species	Ara severus	Littorina obtusata

Evolutionary Relationship

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

View Kingdom: Animalia

Conservation Status

maracanã-guaçu

LC — Least Concern

Flat Periwinkle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	maracanã-guaçu	Flat Periwinkle
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).

Flat Periwinkle

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, 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.