maracanã-guaçu vs Long-legged Thicketbird

Ara severus compared with Megalurulus rufus

Key Differences

• maracanã-guaçu is Least Concern while Long-legged Thicketbird is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	maracanã-guaçu	Long-legged Thicketbird
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Aves (ave)	Aves (ave)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Locustellidae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Megalurulus
Species	Ara severus	Megalurulus rufus

Evolutionary Relationship

maracanã-guaçu and Long-legged Thicketbird share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (ave)

Conservation Status

maracanã-guaçu

LC — Least Concern

Long-legged Thicketbird

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	maracanã-guaçu	Long-legged Thicketbird
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).

Long-legged Thicketbird

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

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.