maracanã-guaçu vs Mérida Brocket

Ara severus compared with Mazama bricenii

Key Differences

• maracanã-guaçu is Least Concern while Mérida Brocket is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	maracanã-guaçu	Mérida Brocket
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (ave)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Artiodactyla (Artiodátilos)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Mazama
Species	Ara severus	Mazama bricenii

Evolutionary Relationship

maracanã-guaçu and Mérida Brocket share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

maracanã-guaçu

LC — Least Concern

Mérida Brocket

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	maracanã-guaçu	Mérida Brocket
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).

Mérida Brocket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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:

🇻🇪 Venezuela