maracanã-guaçu vs Macaco-de-cheiro

Ara severus compared with Saimiri cassiquiarensis

Key Differences

• maracanã-guaçu is Least Concern while Macaco-de-cheiro is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	maracanã-guaçu	Macaco-de-cheiro
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (ave)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Primates (primatas)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Cebidae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Saimiri
Species	Ara severus	Saimiri cassiquiarensis

Evolutionary Relationship

maracanã-guaçu and Macaco-de-cheiro share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

maracanã-guaçu

LC — Least Concern

Macaco-de-cheiro

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	maracanã-guaçu	Macaco-de-cheiro
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).

Macaco-de-cheiro

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador